WHO to decide on emergency status of Ebola in DR Congo

“Any single case could reignite the epidemic.”

The World Health Organization last July declared it a “public health emergency of international concern” — a designation that gives the WHO greater powers to restrict travel and boost funding.

“Although the world is now focused on coronavirus, we cannot and must not forget Ebola,” Tedros said, adding that he would travel to DR Congo on Thursday to meet President Felix Tshisekedi. More than a month before that, the WHO reported that the virus had spread to Uganda for the first time.

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