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Europe has been hit with numerous cyber incidents in recent months, raising widespread concern, not just from governments but from the public too, about how vulnerable society is to cyber-attack and how prepared the continent is to deal with future cyber threats.

With the Ebola outbreak continuing to spread beyond the epicentre in the Democratic Republic of Congo — where it surpassed 10,000 cases — ECDC sent a team led by its senior expert in epidemic intelligence to Nigeria, the fourth African country to report an Ebola case.

Europe’s public health authorities need to be aware of the first human case of Shamonda virus confirmed in France, but not “panic,” the ECDC told Euronews, as investigations into the patient’s death continue.

The World Food Programme will stop monthly assistance to half a million people in Gaza because of a funding shortfall, the UN agency said on Monday.