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WHO risk assessment raises DRC to ‘very high’

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HO has raised its risk assessment for the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to ‘very high’, warning that the situation is deteriorating rapidly amid insecurity, displacement and strained health systems. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the risk was also “high” regionally and “low” globally.

WHO confirmed 82 cases and seven deaths in the DRC, but officials acknowledged the true scale is likely much larger, with nearly 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths already identified. Uganda has confirmed two imported cases linked to travel from the DRC, including one death, though WHO said contact tracing and public health measures have so far prevented wider spread there.

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