Source: World Health Organization
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Yemen
Current major event:
Ebola virus disease in DRC: Need for enhanced preparedness and readiness measures in EMR The World Health Organization (WHO) was notified, on 11 May 2017, by the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of a laboratory-confirmed case of Ebola virus disease (EVD). Since 22 April 2017, 9 suspected cases including 3 deaths (CFR: 33.3%) were reported in the northern part of the country. The cur- rent situation calls for stepping up pre- paredness and readiness measures in the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region of WHO to prevent any impor- tation of cases.