Ebola, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Growing global alarm surrounds the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, which has now been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization. The current outbreak is centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring Uganda,
The United States restricted entry of people who have been to three African countries, after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency. The outbreak has killed more than 100.
DISEASE outbreaks are often reported in terms of numbers and maps, but for those living through them, they reshape daily life in real time. This week, the World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
By Erikas Mwisi BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 18 (Reuters) - Medical personnel were rushing on Monday to the frontlines of a new Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo whose late detection and quick spread have alarmed health experts.
The World Health Organization declared an international health emergency on Sunday over an outbreak of an Ebola strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has killed more than 80 and for which there is no vaccine.
At least 131 people are believed to have been killed and 531 suspected to have been infected in the latest outbreak, according to the Congolese Ministry of Health. An American missionary was among those who tested positive for the deadly disease.
The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by a rare virus in Congo and neighboring Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday, after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths.
The World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on May 17, but said it did not meet the criteria for a pandemic.