Explained: Why Ebola is now an international emergency | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: Why Ebola is now an international emergency | Explained News, The Indian Express

By AP |Johannesburg |Updated: July 18, 2019 3:05:39 pm

Explained: Why Ebola is now an international emergency

More than 1,600 people have died since August in the second-worst outbreak of the disease in history. Wednesday's declaration was sparked by confirmation of a case in Goma, a Congo city of more than two million people on the border with Rwanda.

A Congolese health worker administers an ebola vaccine to a man at the Himbi Health Centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 17, 2019. (Reuters)

The World Health Organization says the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency. More than 1,600 people have died since August in the second-worst outbreak of the disease in history. Wednesday’s declaration was sparked by confirmation of a case in Goma, a Congo city of more than two million people on the border with Rwanda.