{"id":51045,"date":"2026-11-15T14:47:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T12:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=51045"},"modified":"2026-11-15T14:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T12:47:48","slug":"six-embassies-warn-south-sudan-of-high-ebola-outbreak-risk","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/six-embassies-warn-south-sudan-of-high-ebola-outbreak-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Six embassies warn South Sudan of high Ebola outbreak risk \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six Western and Asian embassies in South Sudan are warning of a high risk of an Ebola outbreak, urging the government to put public money into strengthening the health system, pay medical staff, and allow aid workers unrestricted access across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a short joint statement, the missions from Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States said they remain deeply worried about the threat of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The diplomats stressed that the growing risk makes it even more urgent for South Sudan\u2019s leaders to invest national revenues into healthcare, including making sure frontline health workers actually get paid. They also pressed authorities to let humanitarian groups move freely so they can reach vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the statement itself did not go into the medical specifics behind the warning, it landed just as an updated World Health Organisation assessment put the risk of Ebola spilling over into South Sudan at 99% following cases across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No cases have been confirmed in South Sudan so far, but foreign partners say proper domestic funding and open aid corridors are critical to keeping an outbreak at bay.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica\/Imagecredits:WHO&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":51046,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-51045","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Six foreign embassies warn South Sudan of high Ebola risk","published_date":"2026-11-15 14:47:20","news_description":"Six foreign embassies warn South Sudan of high Ebola risk","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/51045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/51045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51048,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/51045\/revisions\/51048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=51045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}