00:00The risk from the deadly Ebola outbreak has been raised to the highest level for the Democratic
00:05Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization announced as the toll continued to rise.
00:10There are now 82 confirmed cases and seven confirmed deaths in the DRC, with almost 750
00:17suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths, the WHO said.
00:22The potential of this virus spreading rapidly is high, very high, and that changed the whole
00:31dynamic.
00:32Linked to that is the capacity to respond to this outbreak, insufficient control.
00:40DG was very clear that he was in a humanitarian situation.
00:43So when you combine these two, the risk shifts from high to very high in Eastern DRC.
00:49The outbreak has been caused by the rare bundi bujo virus, which has no proven vaccine.
00:54It is one of the most deadly viral diseases, with fatality rates of up to 90 percent.
01:00It has also spread into neighboring Uganda, where three new cases were confirmed on Saturday,
01:05bringing the total to five, including one death.
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