THE
World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the dreaded Ebola
Virus Disease (EVD) is still lurking around and countries should be
on high alert. The
just concluded seventh meeting of the Emergency Committee of the
global health body convened by its director-general, under the
International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the EVD
outbreak in West Africa, has declared that the EVD outbreak continues
to constitute a public health emergency of international concern.
Representatives of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone made
presentations on the current epidemiological situation in their
countries, response operations and exit screening.
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