The head of the\u00a0World Health Organisation\u00a0has warned that the\u00a0Ebola\u00a0outbreak in Congo is ‘spreading rapidly’ and now poses a ‘very high’ risk at the national level. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the UN health agency was revising upward to ‘very high’ its assessment of the risk within Congo, which had previously been deemed as ‘high’.\u00a0The risk remains high for regional spread and low at global levels, he told reporters.The WHO chief noted that 82 cases have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with seven confirmed deaths, ‘but we know the epidemic in DRC is much large’.He said there are now almost 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths. The situation in neighbouring Uganda is ‘stable’ with two cases confirmed in people who had travelled from Congo, with one death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier on Friday, the\u00a0United Nations\u00a0said it released $60million (\u00a345million) from its Central Emergency Response Fund to accelerate the response in Congo and in the region.\u00a0\u00a0 US has pledged $23million (\u00a317million) in funding to bolster the response in Congo and Uganda, and said it would also fund the establishment of up to 50 Ebola treatment clinics in the affected regions of Congo and Uganda.Ugandan authorities said they were not aware of any treatment centres being set up by the US.\u00a0Congo has seen a wave of fear, anger and confusion over the deadly outbreak wash over the country, with rioters burning\u00a0down hospital tents.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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