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Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda a global health emergency: WHO
Health & ScienceThe Hitavada18 May, 05:30 amAtlasHour
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Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda a global health emergency: WHO

world health organisation (who) director-general tedros adhanom ghebreyesus declared the ebola disease outbreak in congo and neighboring uganda a public health emergency of international concern on sunday after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths. in a post on x, who said the outbreak does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency like the covid-19 pandemic, and advised against the closure of international borders. who said a laboratory-confirmed case has also been reported in congo’s capital of

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world health organisation (who) director-general tedros adhanom ghebreyesus declared the ebola disease outbreak in congo and neighboring uganda a public health emergency of international concern on sunday after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths.

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