WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DRC, Uganda global health emergency

Premium Times — May 19, 10:14 AM

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The agency warned that the outbreak poses a high regional risk, with infections already detected in Uganda and a linked case reaching Kinshasa, the densely populated capital of the DRC.

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