The World Health Organization warned that the Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda poses a serious risk at the national and regional level, although the danger of wider global spread remains low for now. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 51 confirmed cases have already been identified in the Congolese provinces of Ituri and North Kivu, while stressing that the real scale of the outbreak is believed to be significantly larger.

The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo a global health emergency.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The World Health Organization declared Sunday the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern. Africa’s top…