Switzerland-WHO/Ebola/Risk Revision
Switzerland-WHO/Ebola/Risk Revision
Dateline : May 22/17, 2026/Recent
Location : Democratic Republic of Congo;Switzerland
Duration : 1'39
FILE: Geneva, Switzerland - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters
Kinshasa, DR Congo - May 17, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Medial workers
3. Makeshift hospital
4. Poster of Ebola prevention
5. Various of staff members loading supplies onto plane
6. Various of medical workers, people
7. Pedestrians, traffic
8. United Nations (UN) staff
9. People, house, vehicle
10. Various of medial workers
11. Makeshift shelters
Ituri, DR Congo - May 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. Various of traffic, pedestrians
The public health risk from the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has been upgraded from "high" to "very high", the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
"We are revising our risk assessment of Ebola to very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global level," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference.
Tedros said the Ebola outbreak remains a deep concern, noting there have been 82 confirmed cases, including seven deaths, as well as approximately 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths so far.
WHO said on Wednesday that the Ebola outbreaks in the DR Congo and Uganda remain a public health emergency of international concern but pose a low risk at the global level.
The Bundibugyo virus is a species of Ebola for which no approved vaccines or therapeutics currently exist, according to the WHO.
ID : 8480727
Published : 2026-05-23 02:09
Last Modified : 2026-05-23 21:16:18
Source : China Central Television (CCTV),China Global Television Network (CGTN)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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