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DR Congo's eastern Ituri province is a public health emergency of international concern, but did not meet
DR Congo a global health emergency The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province a public
emerging public health situation on the continent,” the joint statement said. The announcement comes as the first Ebola case was confirmed in the DR Congo
public health emergency of international concern. On Monday, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who is due to travel to DR Congo
DR Congo's Ituri province on 15 May. It is the country's 17th Ebola outbreak. Days later, the [World Health Organization (WHO)](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2l2p0wwzzdo) declared it a public health emergency
public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the risk to the US was relatively low, but it would introduce measures to prevent
public health emergency of international concern, but said it was not at pandemic level. The WHO chief also said on Friday it was crucial to build trust, warning that violence and insecurity in the conflict
public health emergency of international concern, but said it was not at pandemic level. Ghebreyesus said that after meeting on Tuesday, the health organisation's emergency committee agreed the situation was "not a pandemic emergency
public health emergency of international concern, requiring a coordinated response. Resources were being rushed to two affected provinces near Uganda. Parts of eastern Congo are in the hands of armed rebels, complicating sending
emergency assistance for DR Congo and Uganda and says it is considering further funding through the UN's pooled humanitarian fund, alongside travel restrictions linked to the outbreak. An American national, Dr Peter Stafford
Dr. Craig Spencer, an associate professor of public health at Brown University and an emergency medicine physician with Brown's Pandemic Center, [told NPR's A Martínez](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/nx-s1-5824982/what-doctors-fighting-the-ebola-outbreak-in-africa-are-facing) that the Trump administration
Congo has been declared a public health emergency of international concern, by the World Health Organization (WHO). Dealing with this outbreak is difficult as it involves a rare strain for which there is no vaccine
public 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
public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) does not mean we are in the early stages of a Covid-style pandemic. The risk Ebola poses to the whole world remains
Congo has been flown to [Germany](https://www.theguardian.com/world/germany) for treatment, along with his wife and four children, as the World Health Organization warned of the “scale and speed” of the outbreak. Authorities have reported
public health emergency on Saturday. The latest toll? More than 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected-Ebola deaths. Loading... The vast majority of the cases are in a province in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo
DR Congo's Ebola outbreak, and likely caught it while managing dead bodies. The outbreak has resulted in more than 200 suspected deaths and more than 850 suspected cases. White, who flew from Manchester Airport
Congo. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there had been at least 500 suspected cases of Ebola and 130 suspected deaths in DRC since the new outbreak began. Thirty cases had been confirmed
Congo (DRC) a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday. However WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed in [a statement](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) it "does not meet the criteria of pandemic emergency
DR Congo The World Health Organization (WHO) has upgraded the public 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