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WHO: Africa facing 'complex' Ebola outbreak after Nigeria reports first case

The World Health Organization’s Africa chief warned that the continent is facing a “complex” Ebola outbreak, after the first case of the virus was reported in Nigeria.

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00:00The World Health Organization's Africa chief warned on Thursday that the continent is facing a complex Ebola outbreak
00:08after the first case of the virus was reported in Nigeria.
00:14The outbreak was first declared in DR Congo in mid-May.
00:18It's since become the deadliest in the country's history.
00:23Today the test is no longer confined to one place.
00:27It is a regional concern that demands regional vigilance and collective resolve.
00:33We are facing a more complex outbreak landscape.
00:37Nigeria has confirmed an imported case of Bodibunio Ebola virus disease.
00:42Kenya has reported nine cases, including the one death.
00:47In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ebola has spread into an eighth province,
00:53with more than 9,000 people confirmed cases and more than 4,000 deaths reported as of 20th of October.
01:02In the DRC, a trial of the Avibo vaccine is underway to determine if the jab is effective
01:09against the Bundibugio strain of Ebola driving the current outbreak.
01:17PSYC Health research program and industry theory duringolia.
01:17Technology
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