The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday released an alert over an outbreak of a strain of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the United Nations health body declared it an international emergency.
On Sunday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak, caused by a rare virus in Congo and nearby Uganda, a public health emergency of international concern, after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths.
WHO said on X that a laboratory-confirmed case has also been reported in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, which is about 620 miles from the epicenter of the outbreak in the eastern province of Ituri, suggesting a possible wider spread. It said the patient had visited Ituri and that other suspected cases have also been reported in North Kivu province, which is one of Congo’s most populous and borders Ituri….