At least another 1,411 people have died in DRC since August
A Ugandan health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a child in Kirembo village, near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo in Kasese district, Uganda, on June 16 2019. Picture: REUTERS/JAMES AKENAHealth workers have got the all-clear to use three experimental Ebola treatments in Uganda, a week after the deadly disease spread over the border from Democratic Republic of Congo , authorities said on Tuesday.
The treatments approved for shipment to Uganda were Mapp Biopharmaceutical's ZMapp, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' Regeneron and Gilead Science's Remdesivir, WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic said. The UN health agency has said there have been no known cases of Ebola spreading between people in Uganda so far — all recorded patients had travelled in from DRC.On Friday, a WHO panel decided not to declare an international emergency over DRC's Ebola outbreak, despite its spread to Uganda, saying such a declaration could cause too much economic harm.
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