WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda

Ambulances are parked outside a hospital in Bunia, Congo (Constant Same Bagalwa/AP)

World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths.

In a post on X, the WHO  said the outbreak does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency like the Covid-19 pandemic, and advised against the closure of international borders.