Ebola, hantavirus: can the world avert another pandemic? – podcast
It has been nearly three weeks since the first reports that a rare hantavirus had spread through a cruise ship, killing three people and infecting others. And now, the World Health Organization has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a ‘public health emergency of international concern’.
While these outbreaks are unconnected and remain low risk for Australia, questions are being asked about how prepared authorities are for another global outbreak.
Medical editor Melissa Davey speaks to Nour Haydar about the two viruses causing health authorities to reexamine their pandemic plans
Read more: What is Ebola and why is WHO treating outbreak as global health emergency?
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