No country is 100% free of risk of import of potential Ebola virus disease

August 20, 2019
India
healthysoch.com
New Delhi, August 20, 2019 :
No country, regardless of how far or remote from the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, can be considered 100% free of the risk of importation of a potential Ebola virus disease case. However, WHO’s current assessment finds the overall risk in the European Region to be low.

The risk remains very high in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the WHO African Region. The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) on 17 July 2019. A PHEIC represents an extraordinary event that poses a public health risk to other countries through international spread, and that potentially requires a coordinated international response.… (WHO Europe, Aug. 19, 2019)

Dr K K Aggarwal

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