WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda a global public health emergency
The World Health Organization said the outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus does not meet the criteria for a pandemic emergency.
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As of Saturday, 80 suspected deaths, eight laboratory-confirmed cases and 246 suspected cases had been reported in at least three health zones in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, including Bunia, Rwampara and Mongbwalu, the UN health agency said in a statement.
The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo announced on Friday that 80 people died in the new epidemic in the eastern province.
The World Health Organization said two apparently unrelated laboratory-confirmed cases, including one death, were reported in Uganda’s capital Kampala on Friday and Saturday in people traveling from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The World Health Organization said a laboratory-confirmed case was also reported in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, from a person who returned from Ituri.
