Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 15 Jul 2019, 02:43 pm Print
Goma: A case of Ebola has been reported from Goma city in DR Congo, officials said.
More than a milion people stay in the city from where the disease has been reported.
The health ministry confirmed that a pastor tested positive for the virus in a centre in Goma after arriving there by bus on Sunday, reported BBC.
Accordign to BBC report, the ministry says that risk of the disease spreading is low.
Meanwhile, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization,tweeted: "A case of #Ebola has been confirmed in the city of Goma, #DRC. While not welcome news, it is something we have long anticipated. We have been doing intensive work to prepare Goma so that any case is identified and responded to immediately."
A case of #Ebola has been confirmed in the city of Goma, #DRC. While not welcome news, it is something we have long anticipated. We have been doing intensive work to prepare Goma so that any case is identified and responded to immediately. https://t.co/iiTJQc3aZg
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) July 14, 2019
Tedros posted another tweet where he said the Ebola Treatment Center in Goma, which is run by the DRC Ministry of Health and Doctors without Borders, is working since February.
An #Ebola Treatment Centre in Goma, #DRC, run by the @MinSanteRDC and @MSF, has been operational since February, and the person is now receiving care there. As part of the preparedness, 3000 #healthworkers have been vaccinated in this city alone. pic.twitter.com/68XNXckl0Z
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) July 14, 2019
Since Ebola outbreak was reported in DR Congo more than 1600 people have died, media reports said.
- New WHO report shows smoking and drinking is on the rise among teenagers in Europe, Central Asia and Canada
- WHO prequalifies new oral simplified vaccine to combat cholera, here is all information you need to know
- Pandemic experts sound alarm over the spread of avian influenza to humans
- Nigeria is now the first country to introduce 'revolutionary' meningitis vaccine: WHO
- Pregnancy accelerates biological ageing in healthy, young adult population, finds shows