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00:04The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday
00:07Ituni Province, located in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo
00:11The 17th Ebola outbreak
00:14At least 80 people have died so far.
00:17There are also 246 suspected cases.
00:20Due to frequent population movement in the affected areas
00:23In addition, local authorities are tracing close contacts.
00:25The capacity for infection prevention and epidemic control is severely inadequate.
00:29The risk of the epidemic spreading is very high.
00:32And only about five months have passed since the end of the last wave of the pandemic.
00:36Meanwhile, Uganda also reported a case.
00:39Imported death cases from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo
00:43However, Uganda emphasized that there have been no locally transmitted cases in the country.
00:47The World Health Organization has intervened urgently.
00:50An emergency response team was dispatched to Ituni province to investigate the outbreak.
00:53And allocate epidemic prevention and control materials and send more experts
00:56At the same time, $500,000 was allocated
00:58Help the Democratic Republic of Congo fight the epidemic
01:03In Africa
01:05The Democratic Republic of Congo is experiencing another Ebola outbreak.
01:08WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
01:09This was stated at a press conference held at WHO headquarters.
01:12Authorities have dispatched a team of experts to Ituni province.
01:16Cooperating with local health authorities to respond to the epidemic
01:41Facing the epidemic for half a year
01:42Residents of Bunia, the capital of Ituni province, expressed great concern.
01:46It is hoped that the government and hospitals will take this new Ebola outbreak seriously.
01:50Affection
02:13The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention stated
02:15The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
02:19It is caused by an extremely rare local non-crossing virus strain.
02:22There is currently no approved vaccine available globally to treat this virus strain.
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