WHO worried about āscale and speedā of deadly Ebola outbreak
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May 19, 2026
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KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP)āThe World Health Organization chief voiced concern on Tuesday about the āscale and speedā of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has killed an estimated 131 people.
The WHO has declared the surge of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever an international health emergency and called an emergency meeting on the crisis on Tuesday.
No vaccine or therapeutic treatment exists for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola responsible for the latest outbreak of the disease, which has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa in the past half-century.
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