00:00The European Union has put an additional 5 million euro on the table to support efforts to contain the latest
00:06Ebola outbreak in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
00:09The move comes as the Ebola epidemic continues to accelerate across Central Africa, where almost 500 cases have now been
00:16confirmed, according to the World Health Organization, which declared the crisis an international public health emergency.
00:23During her visit to the region on Sunday, the European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Hadi Al-Labib, explained how the
00:29new funding will be used.
00:31Dès l'apparition de l'épidémie, nous nous sommes mobilisés, nous étions très rapidement sur le terrain pour renforcer l
00:38'aide.
00:38Et cet engagement continue aujourd'hui. Je ne viens pas les mains vides, je viens avec 5 millions supplémentaires pour
00:45créer des centres régionaux de diagnostic dans les provinces qui sont les plus touchées.
00:50The commissioner confirmed that the new funding aims to bolster testing abilities in areas where the virus is spreading, allowing
00:57health authorities to identify and isolate cases more quickly.
01:01According to the latest update on Saturday, 82 people have lost their lives in the DRC, where the outbreak was
01:06officially declared three weeks ago.
01:09Health experts have warned that if left unchecked, the epidemic could become one of the largest ever recorded.
01:16Commissioner Labib noted that warning signs were already apparent during a previous visit to the region earlier this year.
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