'Urban Ebola' could see cases rise exponentially
There is a "very high" public health risk from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World Health Organisation has said. The health agency has raised its earlier assessment after one patient in a major city was confirmed as having the disease.Although the global risk of an Ebola outbreak remains low, the WHO says the risk to countries neighbouring the Congo is now "moderate".On Thursday, a case was confirmed in Mbandaka - a city of about 1.5 million people.The city lies about 93 miles from Bikoro, a remote area where the current outbreak was announced last week.Now the disease has been reported in a highly populated urban area, it is expected to spread more quickly."The confirmed case in Mbandaka, a large urban centre located on major national and interna...