Ebola risk upgraded to 'very high' in DR Congo: WHO chief

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Ebola risk upgraded to 'very high' in DR Congo: WHO chief

The public health risk from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been upgraded from high to very high, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

"We are now revising our risk assessment to very high at the national level," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference.



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