WHO Says Ebola Outbreak Is Not An International Public Health Emergency
The agency says that while the outbreak is taking a heavy toll, there is still a low threat that it will spread beyond its current region.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo "does not meet the criteria for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern," the World Health Organization said Friday. The agency said that while it acknowledges the outbreak's heavy toll, there is still a low threat of it spreading beyond its current region.
The WHO announced the decision days after from the disease after traveling from the D.R.C. Two of his relatives — his grandmother and 3-year-old brother — have also died, according to the Associated Press.
