Ebola outbreak in Congo declared international health emergency after more than 1,600 deaths | World News, The Indian Express

Ebola outbreak in Congo declared international health emergency after more than 1,600 deaths | World News, The Indian Express

By AP |Geneva |Updated: July 18, 2019 3:05:57 pm

Ebola outbreak in Congo declared international health emergency after more than 1,600 deaths

This is the fifth such declaration in history. Previous emergencies were declared for the devastating 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa that killed more than 11,000 people, the emergence of Zika in the Americas, the swine flu pandemic and polio eradication.

More than 1,600 people have died since August in the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, which is unfolding in a region described as a war zone. (AP)

The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday after the virus spread this week to a city of two million people.