The World Health Organization has declared the current Ebola outbreak a public health emergency, stating the epidemic is outpacing response efforts. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WHO declared the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak a global emergency as suspected deaths reached 220, with unrest in DRC hospitals and cases spreading into Uganda.

The WHO head warned that the ‘outbreak is spreading rapidly’.

The latest outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, has also spread beyond the DRC, with neighbouring Uganda recording two additional confirmed cases among healthcare workers, bringing its total to seven confirmed cases and one death.

Vijayawada: Amid heightened global health surveillance, the Andhra Pradesh Health Department has set up an Ebola screening camp at Vijayawada