WHO raises Ebola risk in DRC to 'very high'
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- The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the risk assessment for the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo to 'very high'.
- Separately, a crew member from the MV Hondius cruise ship, who disembarked in Tenerife and returned to the Netherlands, has tested positive for Hantavirus.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that the risk posed by the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been raised from "high" to "very high."
"We are now upgrading the risk assessment at the national level to very high," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference.
In addition, Tedros said that a crew member on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, who disembarked in Tenerife and was sent back to the Netherlands, was confirmed today as a new case of Hantavirus.
"The Netherlands confirmed a new case today, a patient who disembarked on the island of Tenerife and was later sent back to the Netherlands and quarantined," he said.




