The WHO also pushed back on a U.S. travel ban, calling instead for public health measures that “work.”

The WHO said the outbreak does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency but that countries sharing land borders with the DRC are at high risk of further spread.

The WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda a global emergency, raising concerns of a larger, undetected spread. Trump's cuts to global health funding may have hindered…

* Says at least 90 deaths recorded so far in DR Congo, Uganda