The World Health Organization has raised the risk of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola turning into a national outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo to "very high".

Aid efforts intensified on Wednesday in eastern Congo to curb the growing outbreak of a rare type of Ebola that the World Health Organization said could last for months, as…

The World Health Organization on May 20 said the risk of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak was currently high at the national and regional levels but low worldwide.