Following the declaration of a new epidemic of Ebola in Guinea, West Africa, the WHO World Health Organization has announced that it will soon be vaccinated and vaccinated.
WHO has decided to step up its support as local healthcare professionals are under pressure to respond to Ebola in addition to the new coronavirus.
According to Guinea health officials, a total of five suspected and confirmed infections have died since a nurse working at a local hospital died of Ebola late last month. Declares that the epidemic has begun.
Regarding this, Mr. Moetti, the secretary general of the WHO Africa Regional Secretariat, said at a press conference on the 18th, "Amid the tight local medical system in response to the new coronavirus, it is urgent to prevent the spread of Ebola hemorrhagic fever. We have to act. "
He announced that he would supply Guinea with more than 10,000 doses of vaccine and that vaccinations are expected to begin next week.
In addition, specialists and staff working in neighboring countries will also be dispatched to Guinea to provide support through inspections and treatments with a system of 100 people, as well as tracking of close contacts.
In Guinea, along with neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone, an Ebola epidemic has spread for almost two years until 2016, killing more than 11,000 people in total.