WHO, Iraq Ministry of Health Deny Report of Ebola in Iraq
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Marcio Silva/iStock/Thinkstock(BAGHDAD) — The World Health Organization and the Iraqi Ministry of Health on Monday denied reports of an Ebola case in Iraq.
“The World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health of Iraq did not verify the information appeared in BASNews on 28 March alluding to the appearance of an Ebola case in Abu Gharib,” a WHO press release read. After investigating, the WHO and the MOH Iraq “denied the presence of Ebola in Iraq.”
The release further denies the report from BASNews, saying that no laboratory in Iraq has the technical capacity to confirm Ebola, the release reads.
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