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WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DRC, Uganda a global emergency: What to know
Al Jazeera
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DRC outbreak causes more than 80 deaths and spreads to neighbouring Uganda.
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DRC outbreak causes more than 80 deaths and spreads to neighbouring Uganda.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
The agency added that the outbreak, with around 246 cases and 80 deaths, does not meet the criteria of pandemic emergency.
An Ebola outbreak caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain has killed dozens in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
DR Congo accounts for all except two of the suspected cases, both of which were reported in neighbouring Uganda.
The WHO declared the Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda an international public health emergency after dozens of suspected deaths were reported.
Just a day after the outbreak was announced, cases were confirmed in the capitals of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is no approved vaccine for the strain.
