The World Health Organisation says that the risk of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa spreading to other countries is declining but warned that there was “no place for complacency”.
The World Health Organisation says that the risk of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa spreading to other countries is declining but warned that there was “no place for complacency”. After meeting last Thursday the WHO Emergency Committee said that while the level of cases had fallen to their lowest in a year and that the epicenter of the disease had “gone quiet” the risk is “not a zero” and is therefore still considered “substantive”. However the experts are calling for countries that have implemented stringent measures over and above those recommended as defenses against the disease not to interfere with international trade. Many countries still have a ban on flights to affected areas and have closed borders to those from the region.
