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What to know about the current Ebola outbreak in Uganda and the Congo
Key takeaways
- A man arrives at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia.
- The WHO said the outbreak did not meet the criteria for declaring a pandemic, which the agency did in 2020 for COVID-19.
- However, it warned, the data collected so far pointed to a "potentially much larger outbreak than what is currently being detected and reported".
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A man arrives at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia. (Reuters: Victoire Mukenge)
Link copied Share Share article The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a "public health emergency of international concern" after at least 80 deaths were reported.
The WHO said the outbreak did not meet the criteria for declaring a pandemic, which the agency did in 2020 for COVID-19.
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