According to the head of the World Health Organization, although there are limited fully approved vaccines or specific drugs for Ebola, many patients have the potential to recover if quality treatment is available in a timely manner.
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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged some countries to reconsider travel restrictions and border closures imposed by the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda due to the Ebola outbreak.
Speaking at a joint press conference in Bunia, the capital of Congo's northeastern Ituri province, he said such restrictions not only make disease control efforts more difficult but also undermine transparency and trust. He stressed the need to reassess the restrictions, saying "trust and transparency are the foundation of saving lives."
According to the WHO chief, although there are limited fully approved vaccines or specific drugs for Ebola, many patients can recover if quality treatment is available in a timely manner.
According to him, the purpose of the visit to Bunia is also to communicate directly with the affected communities, where more than 1,000 suspected cases have been reported so far.
Meanwhile, Uganda has also confirmed more cases due to new infections. According to the Ministry of Health, there are a total of nine confirmed cases after two new infections were detected in the capital Kampala.
According to Congo's Health Minister Roger Kamba, the country aims to control the outbreak within the next four to six months. According to him, the main priority is to limit the infection to the three affected provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu.
He said that testing capacity has improved and there are no delays in the laboratory at present. He also informed that out of about 900 samples tested so far, about 260 have been found positive and that there is a capacity to test 200 to 300 samples per day.
