An Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo has a high risk of spreading internally, the World Health Organization warned Friday ahead of a meeting on whether to declare it an event of international concern. Peter Salama, in charge of emergency response at the WHO, has said the spread to a city complicated the fight against Ebola, which depends on identifying and isolating suspected cases. Lacking an arsenal of drugs to treat the virus, doctors isolate patients and trace people who have been in contact with them. The WHO revised its assessment of the risk of spread of the epidemic to “very high” at the national level and “high” for neighbouring countries. READ ALSO: Guardiola signs new deal to remain at Man City until 2021Globally the risk of the outbreak spreading is classified as “low”.

Source: Punch May 18, 2018 09:33 UTC