WHO Africa head warns against underestimating risk of Ebola spread

It would be a mistake to underestimate the risk posed by the Ebola outbreak, the WHO regional director for Africa said on Friday, warning that just one case could spread the virus beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.The outbreak has resulted in 160 suspected deaths out of 670 suspected cases, and 61 of the cases have been confirmed, according to DRC health ministry data published on Thursday. Two cases have also been confirmed in neighbouring Uganda.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“It would be a big mistake to underestimate it, especially with a virus with this strain, Bundibugyo, (for) which we don’t have the vaccine,” Mohamed Yakub Janabi said in an interview at WHO headquarters in Geneva.“So I would really encourage everyone, let’s help each other, we can bring this thing into control,” he said.He added that the outbreak of Ebola in Congo has had relatively little global attention compared with this month’s hantavirus

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