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EBOLA VACCINATION. A Ugandan health worker prepares to administer the ebola vaccine to a man in Kirembo village, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kasese district, Uganda, June 16, 2019.
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The WHO says the outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, does not meet the criteria for a pandemic emergency, but countries sharing borders with the DRC are at high risk
GENEVA, Switzerland – At least 80 suspected deaths, eight laboratory-confirmed Ebola cases, and 246 suspected infections had been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, while one case was also confirmed in the eastern city of Goma, the World Health Organization said on Sunday, May 17.
