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The International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on #Ebola in #DRC convened by @DrTedros is currently ongoing.

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👉bit.ly/2VUgoES
@DrTedros @OMSRDCONGO @WHOAFRO Professor Robert Steffen is the chairperson of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on #Ebola in #DRC today.

List of members and advisers of the Emergency Committee 👉bit.ly/2VUgoES
@DrTedros @OMSRDCONGO @WHOAFRO Q: What is WHO International Health Regulations Emergency Committee? #Ebola bit.ly/2J1L1lj
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LIVE from WHO HQ: Press Conference on the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on #Ebola in #DRC pscp.tv/w/cHnimTI2MTAy…
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@DrTedros @WHOAFRO @OMSRDCONGO "The #Ebola outbreak in #DRC remains a complex and dangerous outbreak. We need the full force of all partners to bring this outbreak under control and to meet the needs of the people affected"-@DrTedros
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Major milestone for WHO-supported #Ebola vaccine rVSV-ZEBOV-GP as it moves closer to licensing, following positive opinion from @EMA_News bit.ly/35JvOQP
@EMA_News @OMSRDCONGO @pahowho In the past five years, WHO has convened experts to review the evidence on various #Ebola vaccine candidates, informed policy recommendations, and mobilized a multilateral coalition to accelerate clinical evaluations.

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@EMA_News @OMSRDCONGO @pahowho A randomized trial for the rVSV-ZEBOV-GP vaccine began during the West Africa #Ebola outbreak in 2015.

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Dr. Dena Grayson
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🚨BREAKING: @WHO *finally* declares the #Ebola outbreak in #Congo as an international health emergency.

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@WHO WHO was horribly slow in responding to the West Africa #Ebola outbreak that killed >11,000. WHO repeatedly declined to declare an emergency until #Ebola was spreading explosively in 3 countries & 1,000 people died. WHO feared it would "anger the countries & hurt their economies."
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Laurie Garrett
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Key point from @DrTedros in emergency sessn @WHO:
"Two #Ebola responders were murdered in their home in Beni...Since Jan., WHO has recorded 198 attacks on health facilities & hlth workers, killing 7 people including the 2 murdered yesterday" MORE
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5 more members of the family that was traveling from DRC to Uganda have tested positive for #Ebola, @MinSanteRDC reports. These 5 remained in DRC; they did not cross the border. That makes 8 so far out of a group of 14. There were 7 children <12 yo in this whole group. Thread 👇🏻
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