VN keeps close eye on Ebola in DR CongoThe Ministry of Health is liaising with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to strengthen supervision over the Ebola virus in Congo and assess the risk of the virus spreading to Viet Nam. An International Health Quarantine Centre staff member checks arrivals’ body temperature. The risk of the virus spreading into the country is low. The WHO also convened an emergency committee to discuss the matter, assessing the Ebola epidemic in Congo to be at level 3, a high alert level. The world health body also stressed that it was “particularly important there should be no international travel and trade restrictions”.

Source: VietNamNet News May 29, 2018 16:52 UTC