How Ebola is 荒廃させるing the Democratic 共和国 of the Congo: Second unstoppable 疫病／流行性の has killed 484 people in six months as 専門家s label 病気 an 'international 緊急'

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The Ebola 突発／発生 荒廃させるing the Democratic 共和国 of the Congo has become an international health 緊急, 専門家s 警告する.?

More political, 財政上の and technical support is 猛烈に needed to 戦う／戦い the deadly 疫病／流行性の, the group of 専門家s said.

At least 484 people have died since the ウイルス took 持つ／拘留する in August and 785 people have been 感染させるd ? a death 率 of 61 per cent.

A 詳細（に述べる）d 地図／計画する has 明らかにする／漏らすd how the lethal ウイルス has spread across the African nation as 恐れるs grow Ebola may spread to nearby countries such as South Sudan.

詳細（に述べる）d 地図／計画する 明らかにする／漏らすs how Ebola has spread through the Democratic 共和国 of Congo

The 率 of 感染 and death from Ebola has been rising since the 突発／発生 began in August last year ? it took more than two months (August 5 to October 21) for the first 200 事例／患者s to be 確認するd, then 272 people were 感染させるd between November 4 and December 25

Health 労働者s continue to 跡をつける 負かす／撃墜する people who have come into 接触する with Ebola 患者s and to vaccinate those living in and around the areas where it's spreading in the North Kivu and Ituri 州s of Democratic 共和国 of the Congo (Pictured: a health 労働者 takes a woman's 気温)

A group of world health 専門家s wrote in British 医療の 定期刊行物 The Lancet this week and said the 突発／発生 is 'not under 支配（する）／統制する'.

They said 'bold 対策' are needed to stop it and called on the World Health Organization to take '激烈な 活動／戦闘'.

The African nation's 疫病／流行性の has been riddled with 新たな展開s and turns making fighting it more difficult.

Health 労働者s and 検疫 （軍の）野営地，陣営s have been attacked by 交戦的なs, some people are distrustful of 援助（する） 労働者s, and 非公式の 医療の centres in people's 前線 rooms have 与える／捧げるd to the 病気's spread.

'The 疫病／流行性の is not under 支配（する）／統制する,' said the article's lead auther, Lawrence Gostin, a 全世界の health faculty director at Georgetown University in Washington DC.

Professor Gostin and his 同僚s say the World Health Organization should consider 宣言するing the 突発／発生 a Public Health 緊急 of International 関心.

This 警報, a PHEIC, has only been used four times in the past ? for the last major Ebola 突発／発生 in 2014, the Swine flu 突発／発生 in 2009, a resurgence of Polio in 2014, and the Zika 突発／発生 in South America in 2016, によれば The Telegraph.

A 地図／計画する produced by the World Health Organization shows how areas of Sierra Leone closest to the country's 国境 with Guinea were worst 影響する／感情d during the Ebola 突発／発生 of 2014-2016

The Ebola 突発／発生 in the Democratic 共和国 of the Congo has been 激怒（する）ing on for six months and has killed nearly 500 people ? 専門家s 警告するd it should be 指定するd as an international health 緊急 in an article in the 医療の 定期刊行物 The Lancet (Pictured: 兵士s have their boots and tyres sprayed with bleach to try and stop the spread of the ウイルス)

Invoking a PHEIC would 要求する another 会合 of the 世界保健機構's 緊急 委員会, which last met in October when the death （死傷者）数 was just 139.

The academics wrote: '世界保健機構, the DRC 政府, and 非，不，無-政府 organisation partners have shown remarkable leadership but are 不正に stretched.

'The 突発／発生 remains far from controlled, ris king a long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 疫病／流行性の with 地域の, perhaps 全世界の, 衝撃s.'

They worry dense 全住民s and 正規の／正選手 移住 could spread the illness ? 300,000 難民s have fled to Uganda since the 突発／発生 began.

Health 労働者s in Uganda have been vaccinated and travellers are 存在 審査するd at its main airport, but there is 可能性のある for 運送／保菌者s to slip through the 逮捕する.

隣人ing South Sudan is thought to be one of the most 壊れやすい countries in the world and couldn't 取り組む the 突発／発生 同様に as DRC has, they 警告するd.

Professor Gostin 追加するd: 'Taking bold 対策 to 妨げる the spread of the 病気 in this country where 暴力／激しさ is 流布している, and a 飢饉 is 予報するd, is 批判的な to 妨げるing a 人道的な 災害.'

にもかかわらず their 警告, however, the academics 恐れるd 宣言するing a PHEIC could result in travel or 貿易（する） 禁止（する）s which would 損失 the country's economy.

In 返答 to the article, the 世界保健機構 yesterday said the DRC and nearby countries continue to 監視する the 状況／情勢s for 調印するs an 緊急 委員会 会合 might be needed.

The 専門家s argue the 基準 for 宣言するing an international 緊急 have been met, 含むing the public health 衝撃, size of the 突発／発生, and movement of people.

広報担当者 Tarik Jasarevic said: 'If and when we see those 調印するs, the director general will call a 会合.'

Dr Nathalie MacDermott, an Ebola 専門家 at 皇室の College London told MailOnline: 'The 宣言 of a PHEIC opens the door to 増加するd availability of 財政／金融s and 潜在的に greater 返答 from the international community.??

'However, a PHEIC should only be 宣言するd if there is 重要な 関心 about 含む／封じ込めるing an 疫病／流行性の and whether the 病気 may spread across international 国境s or to large 都市の centres.?

'While some 比較して large 都市の areas have been 影響する／感情d by the 現在の 疫病／流行性の, there has not been any 確認するd spread across an international 国境, にもかかわらず the の近くに proximity of the 疫病／流行性の to Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan.?

'Should there be spread across this 国境 or any international 国境 the 疫病／流行性の will likely be 宣言するd a PHEIC.'

Dr MacDermott 追加するd if health 当局 don't manage to get the 突発／発生 under 支配（する）／統制する, the 病気 could become embedded in the 地域 and 事例／患者s continue to pop up for years into the 未来.

Some 地元の communities are distrustful of 援助（する） 労働者s, which has 妨げるd 成果／努力s to try and stop people passing the contagious ウイルス on to one another. (Pictured: A health 労働者 shows 伝統的な healers how to use 保護の gloves)

'The best 事例／患者 シナリオ,' she said, 'is that communities start to engage more with responders and 徐々に the 疫病／流行性の comes under 支配（する）／統制する to the point where there are no その上の new 事例／患者s and the area can be 宣言するd Ebola 解放する／自由な.'

The call to attention comes as Ebola has spread to 18 separate health zones in DRC.

And although many 初期の hotspots have been 含む／封じ込めるd, new ones have popped up in 最近の weeks.

The first 事例／患者s in this 突発／発生 were in the zone of Mabalako, where 71 people have since died.

But the worst 攻撃する，衝突する areas in the 州 of North Kivu, where the 広大な 大多数 of the 疫病／流行性の has happened, have been the city of Beni, with 234 事例／患者s and 147 deaths, and Katwa, with 189 事例／患者s and 105 deaths.

Last week two 兵士s died of the ウイルス in Beni and three others were put under 調査 まっただ中に 恐れるs it could spread in the 軍の.?

Army Major Mak Hazukay told AFP at the end of January: 'Two of our 兵士s have died from the Ebola ウイルス in Beni. Three others are under 観察.

'All 対策 have been taken to stop the 軍隊／機動隊s from 存在 汚染するd.'???

Health 公式の／役人s have 述べるd the DRC as 'one of the most コンビナート／複合体 settings possible' for an 疫病／流行性の of this 肉親，親類d.?

And while political 不安 に引き続いて an 選挙 over the Christmas period, warring 民兵s and 一時しのぎの物，策 医療の centres have made it difficult to 支配（する）／統制する the ウイルス in DRC, 国境ing countries are watching with bated breath.?

前線-line health responders in South Sudan ? 含むing the 資本／首都 city of Juba ? started receiving ワクチンs against Ebola on January 28 as a 警戒.?

Merck ? the 製薬の company behind the ワクチン ? 配達するd 2,160 doses to the African nation.?

'It is 絶対 決定的な we are 用意が出来ている for any 可能性のある 事例／患者 of Ebola spreading beyond the Democratic 共和国 of the Congo,' said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization's 地域の director for Africa.?

'世界保健機構 is 投資するing a 抱擁する 量 of 資源s into 妨げるing Ebola from spreading outside DRC and helping 政府s ramp up their 準備完了 to 答える／応じる should any country have a 肯定的な 事例／患者 of Ebola.'??

*百分率 増加する in deaths from the previous week?