GENEVA, May 22 – The World Health Organization’s Africa regional director cautioned against minimizing the threat from the current Ebola outbreak, stating in a Reuters interview on Friday that even a single case has the potential to cause the virus to spread beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
“It would be a big mistake to underestimate it, especially with a virus with this strain Bundibugyo, (for) which we don’t have the vaccine,” Mohamed Yakub Janabi said during the interview conducted at WHO headquarters in Geneva.
“So I would really encourage everyone, let’s help each other, we can bring this thing into control,” he said.
The official noted that the Congo Ebola outbreak has received comparatively less worldwide attention than this month’s hantavirus outbreak, which impacted cruise ship passengers from 23 countries including major powers.
