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Bruce
Aylward, WHO's Assistant Director-General
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The
World Health Organization (WHO) said the Ebola outbreak continues to constitute
a global public health risk despite a decline in cases in West Africa last
week. The
WHO on Thursday convened its fifth meeting of Ebola Emergency Committee to
discuss the outbreak and current recommendations to deal with the situation,
Xinhua news agency reported.
The
committee said that thanks to improvements in Ebola prevention and control
activities across West Africa, the overall risk of global transmission had
fallen since January with lower incidence and distribution rates reported in
Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
"This
progress has been recorded across all three countries," Bruce Aylward, WHO
assistant director-general, told a press conference on Friday.
Over
the past few weeks, Guinea reported 21 new confirmed cases, Sierra Leone nine
infections and Liberia zero cases.
"The
risk of international spread appeared to be reducing, this was a result of the
work being done in those countries," Aylward said.
The
committee suggested that all previous temporary recommendations be extended.
The Ebola outbreak has
claimed over 10,000 lives and infected more than 25,000 people.
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