Analysis: WHO says Ebola isn’t a global emergency yet. But it’s spreading in Congo — fast.
Health workers dressed in protective suits carry a coffin with the body of Kahambu Tulirwaho, a Congolese woman who died of Ebola, as she is transported for burial from the Ebola treatment center in Butembo, Congo, on March 28. By Siobhán O'Grady Siobhán O'Grady WorldViews reporter Email Bio Follow April 12 at 4:54 PM The World Health Organization acknowledged Friday that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is of “deep concern.
WHO has only used its highest level of alert in four previous health crises, most recently during the 2016 Zika epidemic, when the mosquito-borne virus was believed to be causing brain damage in infants. The group used the same designation for the 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak, a 2014 polio outbreak in Pakistan and Syria, and in 2014 to confront a widespread Ebola outbreak in West Africa that ultimately left more than 11,000 people dead.
This latest Ebola outbreak is the deadliest since the 2014-2016 outbreak in West Africa that caught WHO off guard. The international body faced serious criticism over its handling of that outbreak and has acknowledged that it could have done more sooner. Trish Newport, a representative for Doctors Without Borders, said the outbreak is definitely “not under control right now.” She said that many of the confirmed cases have been community deaths, opening up the possibility for the infection to spread to those who came into contact with the victims before they died. And in about 75 percent of new cases, health workers have not been able to identify where patients contracted the virus, Newport said.
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