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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo a global health emergency The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared
Ebola outbreak in Congo a global health emergency  The virus spread undetected
Ebola outbreak now declared a global health emergency is a stark reminder that a weakened
Ebola and hantavirus. **Drew Angerer/Getty Images** Drew Angerer/Getty Images Global health emergencies are back in the headlines, with recent outbreaks
outbreak, which has been declared a global health emergency. There have been arson attacks on Ebola
Ebola, the viral hemorrhagic fever that sparked a global outbreak in 2014. There are two critical questions about timing: When did this outbreak actually start? And why did public health officials detect it so late
emergency of international concern. Photograph: Arlette Bashizi/Reuters **Are we heading for another Ebola crisis?** The Guardian’s global health correspondent, ***Kay Lay***, and reporter ***Prosper Heri Ngorora***, based in Goma, [report on the Ebola outbreak
global [attention on the hantavirus outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/who-head-warns-countries-prepare-more-hantavirus-cases) on a cruise ship and a day after the [declaration of an international public health emergency after at least 87 Ebola
Health Regulations (IHR), the WHO helps to facilitate communication and response efforts among countries, deploys experts, supports laboratory testing and organises emergency responses in case of an outbreak. Following the Ebola outbreak
health risk of the [Ebola](/news/2026/5/20/who-says-600-cases-139-suspected-deaths-in-growing-ebola-outbreak) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from high to “very high” as the deadly outbreak continues to spread. WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced on Friday that
outbreak The number of suspected Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has risen to 600, with 139 suspected deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The WHO Emergency Committee
outbreak of the Bundibugyo species of Ebola was likely to have started "a couple of months ago". On Sunday, the WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern, but said
health emergency of international concern, worried over its "scale and speed." The WHO chief in Congo says it could last at least two months. The rare type of Ebola, known as the Bundibugyo virus, spread
Ebola outbreak which has killed at least 131 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo may be spreading faster than originally thought, a World Health Organization (WHO) representative has warned. Dr Anne Ancia told
outbreak, which the World Health Organization declared a [public health emergency of international concern](https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2026-epidemic-of-ebola-disease-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-uganda-determined-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern) on May 17. Already, there are 800 suspected cases and more than 180 suspected deaths, according
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global and domestic public health efforts. There is no cure and no vaccine for the rare Bundibugyo variant of Ebola, which has caused two outbreaks in recent decades. [Health](https://www.theguardian.com/society/health) leaders and scientists
Ebola outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/17/who-ebola-outbreak-congo-uganda-global-health-emergency) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda is a “public health emergency of international concern”**, the World Health Organization has said. ## **Stat of the day: Thousands gather