The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of international concern”. The international body has said that the risk of the disease spreading beyond the region was not high, BBC reported. The World Health Organization’s provision of public health emergencies of international concern is the highest level of alert of the international body and has been sounded four times earlier. The first case in North Kivu’s capital Goma, which has a population of over a million, was detected this week. The outbreak started in August 2018 and has affected two provinces – North Kivu and Ituri.
Over 2,500 locals were infected with the disease and two-thirds have died. In 224 days, the number of cases had reached 1,000 and 71 days later the number rose to 2,000. Around 12 new cases are reported every day. “It is time…
