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WHO Director-General marked today the end of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, four months after the first cases were reported, saying the country “was able to use proven public health tools to contain the outbreak.” WHO

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that WHO still believes that COVID-19 deaths are "heavily underreported from China," reiterating the need for "doctors and those reporting to the public health system to be encouraged to report these cases and not discouraged.” WHO

The World Health Organization’s chief told journalists today in Geneva that there are now 60 confirmed and 20 probable cases of Ebola Virus Disease in Uganda, with 44 deaths and 25 people recovered. WHO

Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief told journalists in Geneva that there are now 54 confirmed and 20 probable cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Uganda, with 39 deaths, and 14 people that have recovered. WHO

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the Organization is continuing to support the government of Uganda to respond to an outbreak of Ebola disease in four districts. WHO

According to the World Health Organization, 169 cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin have been reported from 11 countries, and 2 Ebola cases in DRC. Tedros also said that globally, reported cases of COVID-19 continue to decline, but the virus is “still spreading, it’s still changing, and it’s still killing.” WHO

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Bintou Keita, told the Security Council that the challenges facing the Congolese Government in implementing a state of siege “highlight the limits of a strictly military approach to the protection of civilians and the neutralization of armed groups.” UNIFEED

Speaking on the Independent Commission's report about allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse during an Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, WHO’s chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that what happened to the victims and survivors “should never happen to anyone. It’s inexcusable. It is my top priority to ensure that the perpetrators are not excused, but are held to account." WHO

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “WHO is aware that some countries have suspended the use of AstraZeneca vaccines, based on reports of blood clots in some people who received doses of the vaccine from two batches. This measure was taken as a precaution while a full investigation is finalized.” WHO

With 18 Ebola cases reported, 14 confirmed, and four deaths to date, the West African nation of Guinea is becoming the focus of an urgent public health response involving national health authorities, local communities, the WHO and its partners. An Ebola vaccine has been deployed for the first time in the country, with more than 1,600 people vaccinated so far. UNTV CH