00:00The World Health Organization reports progress in controlling the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
00:07while 344 cases have been confirmed in the country, including 60 deaths.
00:14On Wednesday, the World Health Organization Director General, Tedros G. Reyesus,
00:18reached a journalist in Geneva a day after returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
00:24assuring that the number of suspected cases has not been reduced from over 1,000 last week
00:32to 116 esteemed work throughout the backlog.
00:36The official also highlighted that with the help of the local government,
00:40the response to the outbreak is catching up with treatment centers now established across Ituri province,
00:46the most affected part of the Macro Republic of Congo.
00:50In the sense, he also called on countries that have imposed travel restrictions,
00:54such as the United States, to lift them, since it represents a disruption for supply chains
01:00and are hindering the response.
01:06The outbreak had a big head start and we're still behind,
01:12but under the leadership of the government of DRC, we're catching up.
01:16Blanket travel restrictions imposed by some countries are disrupting supply chains
01:23and hindering the response.
01:25WHO recommends exit screening at airports, ports, and border crossings
01:31to prevent the exportation of cases and contacts.
01:35We ask countries that have imposed blanket travel restrictions to lift them.
01:40But it doesn't work, just to preserve, if anything ____, it is unprecedented.
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