Ebola concentrated in Congo mining area, still an emergency: WHO

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Ebola is infecting and killing people in a gold mining area of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and the 'complex and dangerous' outbreak ...

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GENEVA: Ebola is infecting and killing people in a gold mining area of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and the"complex and dangerous" outbreak still constitutes an international emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

"This outbreak remains a complex and dangerous outbreak," WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference, adding that he had accepted the independent panel's recommendation to maintain the emergency status. Fifteen new confirmed cases were reported in North Kivu and Ituri provinces in the week to Oct 13, the WHO said in its latest update. This compared with nearly 130 cases per week at the peak in April.But insecurity and access issues in parts of Mandima, including the Biakato mines, hamper finding infected people and tracing their contacts, as well as ensuring safe burials, it said.

"I do believe there will be further cases to be found in the Biakato mines area," said Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme.

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