UN / EBOLA UPDATE

The World Health Organization informed that in recent weeks there has been an increase in reported cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu Province, most notably from the Katwa health zone, where response teams have faced pockets of community mistrust. UNIFEED / FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:45
• Production Date: 29 January 2019
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
• MAMS Id: 2352234
• Parent Id: 2352234
• Alternate Title: unifeed190129e

Description

STORY: UN / EBOLA UPDATE
TRT: 01:45
SOURCE: UNIFEED / WHO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 29 JANUARY 2019, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

29 JANUARY 2019, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. Wide shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“The World Health Organization reports that in recent weeks there has been an increase in reported cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu Province, most notably from the Katwa health zone, where response teams have faced pockets of community mistrust. The outbreak has also extended southwards to Kayina health zone, a high security risk area.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“Teams are actively working to build community trust and scale up the response in these areas.
As of 24 January, a total of 666 confirmed & 49 probable cases of Ebola were reported, including 443 deaths and 248 people have now recovered from the disease.”
7. Med shot, journalists
8. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away

3-6 DECEMBER 2018, BENI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

9. Tracking shot, boots walking past sign “Ebola treatment center”
10. Various shots, health workers putting on protection suits
11. Pan right, health workers walking to treatment area
12. Various shots, caregivers with babies at day-care centre

Storyline

The World Health Organization today (29 Jan) informed that in recent weeks there has been an increase in reported cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu Province, most notably from the Katwa health zone, where response teams have faced pockets of community mistrust.

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York that “the outbreak has also extended southwards to Kayina health zone, a high security risk area.”

Dujarric said that WHO teams “are actively working to build community trust and scale up the response in these areas.

As of 24 January, a total of 666 confirmed & 49 probable cases of Ebola were reported, including 443 deaths and 248 people have now recovered from the disease.