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Tonight, outbreaks of the deadly Ebola virus in two African countries have prompted the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency.
CBS's MTS Tayeb of our London bureau reports on the efforts to contain it.
MTS? Jerecu, good evening. There's a major push to contain this fast-moving and deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's government has said it's activated a public health emergency operation center, strengthened epidemiological and laboratory surveillance, and ordered the rapid deployment of response teams in an attempt to contain the outbreak.
This remote corner of eastern Congo is on edge. In a nearby gold mining area, Ebola is spreading fast and people are dying.
John Kasembo is a motorcycle taxi driver.
We are very afraid, he says. Since the beginning of May, many people have died and it keeps happening. We're so scared.
Kasembo is right to be afraid. Spread through direct contact with bodily fluids and through broken skin, Ebola causes severe bleeding and organ failure.
There is no proven cure for the virus and according to the World Health Organization, the average fatality rate is around [music] 50%.
CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Celine Gounder says containing the virus won't be easy.
It's already a big outbreak at the point that we're hearing about it. There already been a number of deaths and this is a strain of Ebola for which we have no treatment, no vaccines.
This is the Democratic Republic of Congo's 17th outbreak of the deadly viral disease, which was first discovered in 1976 in what is now the DRC and is thought to have spread from bats.
It's also unfolding against a backdrop of a deepening security crisis in the region where clashes between rival militia groups have killed dozens of civilians in recent weeks.
And tonight, global health experts warning the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID and withdrawal from the WHO may have a serious impact on the global effort to contain the virus, Jericka.
An Ebola outbreak which has already claimed dozens of lives.
M.T.S. Tyab, thank you.
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