The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested a six-month humanitarian truce in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to address the ongoing Ebola outbreak. The organization aims to use this period to strengthen its response efforts and effectively break the virus's transmission chain.
This intervention comes as the epidemic continues to pose a significant public health threat, with the death toll surpassing 2,700 individuals since the outbreak began in mid-May.
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