For third time, WHO declines to declare Ebola outbreak an emergency | World News, The Indian Express

For third time, WHO declines to declare Ebola outbreak an emergency | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Updated: June 15, 2019 5:33:05 pm

For third time, WHO declines to declare Ebola outbreak an emergency

With more than 2,100 infected and 1,400 dead, the outbreak centered in eastern Congo is surpassed only by the 2013-16 West Africa outbreak in which more than 28,000 were infected and 11,000 died.

A person dressed in Ebola protective apparel is seen inside an Ebola care facility at the Bwera general hospital near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bwera, Uganda, June 14, 2019. (Reuters)

(Written by Donald G. McNeil Jr.)