The Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) will convene today to advise on temporary measures to tackle Congo’s new Ebola outbreak.
The outbreak in Congo and Uganda has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the WHO.
“I did it in accordance with Article 12 of the International Health Regulations, after consulting the Ministers of Health of both countries, and because I am deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic,” Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's Director-General, said during the World Health Assembly in Geneva on Tuesday.
The outbreak, centred in the eastern province of Ituri, has caused at least 131 deaths and 500 cases, according to Congolese authorities.
Two cases, including one death, have also been reported in neighbouring Uganda among two people travelling from Congo.
