The World Health Organization will convene a 2-day meeting of its emergency committee starting August 06. \r\nA spokesman for the UN health agency said the main focus for the experts taking part will be the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and whether it constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.If they determine it does, the committee will recommend that the director-general of the WHO declare it as such and that temporary measures are put in place to keep the virus from spreading internationally. More than 1600 have been infected in the current outbreak and the death toll stands at 887. \r\n \r\n |
