Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo Declared as a Global Health Emergency

The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of international concern”. More than 1,600 people have died since August 2018 in the second-worst outbreak of the disease in history.

What is Ebola?

• Ebola is a virus that initially causes sudden fever, intense weakness, muscle pain and a sore throat.
• It progresses to vomiting, diarrhoea and both internal and external bleeding.
• People are infected when they have direct contact through broken skin, or the mouth and nose, with the blood, vomit, faeces or bodily fluids of someone with Ebola.
• Patients tend to die ....