EU says Ebola infection risk in Europe remains ‘very low’
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The risk of an Ebola outbreak in the European Union (EU) is “very low” and “there is no indication” that Europeans need to take further steps beyond the standard public health advice, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
“We know that diseases do not stop at the borders, and this is also the case of Ebola,” spokeswoman Eva Hrncirova told reporters.
This was why the European Union was doing “everything” it could to support the central African region hit by the outbreak, she added.
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has killed more than 130 people, an international health emergency.
Hrncirova said the EU was doing “plenty” to help the DRC.
“For example, there is a… humanitarian air bridge on its way, so we will soon deliver essential material to DRC, medicines, protective material, infection control material, some tents,” she said.
