WHO chief calls for urgent Ebola action, pandemic preparedness

The recent Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks demonstrate that the world is still vulnerable to rapidly spreading infectious diseases, Tedros Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), warned on Saturday at the close of the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva...

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The World Health Organization (WHO) chief is urging urgent action on Ebola and pandemic preparedness following three new cases of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in Uganda. This outbreak has no cure or vaccine.

There are now a total of five positive cases of Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo virus in Uganda.
The WHO is collaborating with the Africa Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), and partners in Uganda and the DRC to contain the outbreak.
A high-level ministerial meeting in Kampala emphasized strengthening cross-border collaboration and improving surveillance and preparedness systems.

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