“We are now extremely concerned that several factors may be coming together over the next weeks and months to create a potential perfect storm,” WHO’s head of emergency response Peter Salama told a news conference in Geneva. At least 100 people have died in the outbreak, out of 150 cases in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. On Monday 80 percent of Ebola contacts and three suspected cases in and around Beni could not be reached for disease monitoring. Pockets of “reluctance, refusal and resistance” to accept Ebola vaccination were generating many of the new cases, Salama said. ExploitationPockets of “reluctance, refusal and resistance” to accept Ebola vaccination were generating many of the new cases, Salama said.

Source: Egypt Independent September 25, 2018 10:41 UTC