The WHO has declared a global health emergency over a rare Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda. A doctor explains what could happen next.

The WHO has declared an international health emergency in multiple African countries over the spread of the deadly disease.

The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a public health emergency of international concern. So far, 336 people have been infected in the central African and East African countries of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a severe and highly infectious illness caused by the Ebola virus. It mainly affects humans and some animals such as monkeys, chimpanzees, and bats.

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During the Ebola epidemic of 2014 to 2016, Musu, a resident of Monrovia, Liberia contracted the Ebola virus along with her husband, five sons and daughter. A few weeks later, six members of her family died.

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