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Ebola in Eastern DRC Remains Global Health Threat

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - A World Health Organization Emergency Committee warns the
   Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo remains a global
   health threat despite significant progress in containing the spread of
   this deadly virus. WHO reports a total of 3,431 cases of Ebola,
   including 2,253 deaths in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.

   The Emergency Committee declared the outbreak in DRC a Public Health
   Emergency of International Concern, or PHEIC, last July. In reviewing
   the current situation, members of the Committee decided it was
   premature to declare the global threat over.

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