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WHO declares international health emergency over rare Ebola strain
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe World Health Organization declares an international health emergency over a rare strain of Ebola that has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but stops short of calling the outbreak a pandemic.
“WHO…is hereby determining that the Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), but does not meet the criteria of pandemic emergency,” the Geneva-based global health body says in a statement.
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