WHO chief urges community cooperation to contain Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC
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Rory Carroll
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Summary
The World Health Organization's director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, appealed for community cooperation in containing the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a visit to eastern Congo. The plea comes after local residents protested against strict medical protocols for handling victims' bodies in Ituri province. Ghebreyesus emphasized that stopping Ebola and recovering from it requires involvement from every citizen, making the outbreak "everybody's business."
Key quotes
· 2 pulledWe can stop this Ebola and anyone who has it can also recover.
But the rule … is this thing is everybody's business and every citizen should be involved.
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