Ebola defeated 11 times in Congo.
WHO: may it also be an example for Covid
WHO: the Ebola epidemic in Congo is an international emergency
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February 14, 2021 The alarm after the discovery of 7 cases of haemorrhagic fever.
"We are facing an epidemic," said the head of the Guinea Health Agency Sakoba Keita, after an emergency meeting in Conakry, the capital of the African country.
There are already 3 dead.
It hadn't happened for 5 years.
The presence of Ebola has been confirmed by a laboratory in the capital.
WHO will quickly deliver Ebola virus vaccines.
"We intend to quickly deliver the necessary tools to help Guinea, which has already developed a great deal of experience", said at a press conference in Geneva prof.
Alfred George Ki-Zerbo of the WHO at the end of a meeting with the health authorities of Conakry.
Two cases in Congo
Two days ago in North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2 people also died here from the Ebola virus.
In 2019, the WHO declared that the Congo outbreak was to be treated as an international health emergency.