00:00On Wednesday, Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adam Ghebreyesus
00:05issued a serious warning to the world about the scope and speed of the Ebola outbreak
00:10affecting several African countries.
00:12The UN Health Chief stressed that in the absence of pharmacological tools, the response must
00:17focus on community and public health measures such as contact tracing, epidemiological surveillance
00:21and effective risk communication.
00:23He also stressed the unresolved issues that create enormous gaps in access to healthcare
00:28and called for greater international cooperation based on solidity rather than geopolitical
00:35interests.
00:35In this context of growing international concern over the possible spread of the disease, the
00:41US Centers for Disease Control confirmed a case of Ebola in a national evacuated from the Democratic
00:46Republic of the Congo.
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