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Hemorrhagic fever caused by ebolaviruses
Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after infection. The first symptoms are usually fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. These are usually followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, hepatic and renal dysfunction, at which point some people begin to bleed both internally and externally.
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Specialized agency of the United Nations
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide. Only sovereign states are eligible to join, and it is the largest intergovernmental health organization at the international level.
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Africa CDC data shows the current outbreak has outpaced the two-year West Africa regional outbreak in terms of spread in the same time.
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Congo has surged past 8,000 as the country struggles with a shortage of health workers
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has crossed 8,000 for the first time in the country's ongoing outbreak, according to government data released on Monday.