The outbreak of the killer Ebola Virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is worsening. An international emergency has been declared by the World Health Organization on Wednesday this week.
The outbreak of the virus started in the country on August 2018 and infected in about 2500 citizens and took around 1650 lives. The reason for the declaration was to bring the issue into everybody notice and to awake the officials to take immediate action.
In an interview, the Director of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asserted, “It is time for the world to take notice and redouble our effort, we all owe it to responders … to shoulder more of the burden.”
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The situation of the Ebola outbreak is declared as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. But the point of concern for the people of DSC is not the outbreak of Ebola, it is the declaration that will affect the country economy.
After the announcement, no country will be willing to deal with any kind of business with people of DSC. The fear of the virus will restrict the traders and global marketers simply impacting the livelihood of it's country people.
Well, many argued that it is not an international emergency kind of situation at all and said that it is still a regional issue. But for now, as per the declaration, it is an international health emergency.