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Guterres urges UN to help overcome Congo Ebola epidemic
09.05.2019 11:18 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of now, the Ebola epidemic within Congo continues for 10 months already, having claimed over 1,000 lives, UN Radio says referring to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday report.
As to Guterres, it is necessary throw the support of «the whole United Nations system» into stemming the spread of the deadly virus.
He also urged «all Congolese leaders to work together across parties and across communities to tackle the outbreak».
«At this critical juncture», Mr. Guterres underscored the need for «additional resources» and called on Member States and partner organizations «to ensure the responding agencies have the resources needed to succeed».
The Secretary-General commended the Government, institutions and Congolese people themselves on the overall response so far, which has contained the outbreak to within parts of two provinces, which are home to multiple armed groups, which have been battling each other and Government forces for years.
Meanwhile, amidst continuing violence, WHO experts (SAGE) have recommended new Ebola Vaccination Guidelines to address the challenges in stemming the virus.
The new Guidelines include, among other things, pop-up and targeted geographic vaccination approaches, when appropriate; advise vaccinating the next level of people who may be exposed, such as in neighborhoods where cases have been reported within the past 21 days; and adjusting the current dose to ensure that the vaccine continues to be available to those at greatest risk of Ebola.
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