‘Every hour making coffins’: Funerals, wakes banned as WHO lifts Ebola threat to ‘very high’
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has banned funeral wakes and gatherings to combat a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organization has raised the outbreak's risk level to 'very high,' with 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths reported. Authorities are struggling with resource shortages and community resistance as they work to contain the virus.
- ▪Authorities in north-eastern DR Congo have banned gatherings of more than 50 people to curb the Ebola outbreak.
- ▪The WHO has classified the outbreak as posing a 'very high' risk for DR Congo, with 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths.
- ▪There is currently no vaccine available for the Bundibugyo virus, which has spread undetected for weeks.
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