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Shaun Wilson

WHO declares international health emergency after Ebola outbreak in Congo

An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been declared an international "public health emergency" by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The WHO reports there are 246 suspected cases and 80 unexplained deaths so far in the DRC's Ituri province in the remote east of the country, bordering Uganda and South Sudan.

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