Top Red Cross official says he's 'more concerned than I have ever been'; Congo's Ebola outbreak might be declared global emergency
In this Sunday, Sept 9, 2018 file photo, a health worker sprays disinfectant on his colleague after working at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, eastern Congo. Last Updated Friday, April 12, 2019 8:47AM EDT
Emanuele Capobianco spoke by phone ahead of a key World Health Organization meeting in Geneva later Friday about whether to declare the deadly Ebola outbreak in northeastern Congo an international health emergency. Capobianco, head of health and care at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, cited Congolese health ministry statistics on Thursday showing 40 new cases over two days this week."The numbers are increasing. And so I'm more concerned than I have ever been of a potential regional spread," Capobianco said, while cautioning it was a "personal" assessment.
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