WHO Warns of Ebola, Hantavirus Risks at Summit
By Oluwakemi Kindness The World Health Organization (WHO) has opened a major global health ministers’ meeting in Geneva amid rising concern over deadly hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks, as well as funding cuts and geopolitical tensions affecting global health systems. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the world is facing “difficult, dangerous, and divisive times,” […]
WHO Traces Flight Passengers After Hantavirus Death
By Zainab Bakare The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has began contact tracing for passengers aboard a flight from Saint Helena to Johannesburg following the death of a cruise ship passenger from hantavirus. The victim, a Dutch national, had earlier disembarked on the island of Saint Helena on April 24 after developing gastrointestinal symptoms. […]