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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has raised the number of suspected Ebola cases to over 500 and suspected deaths to 130 in the outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The Bundibugyo strain, which has no vaccine or specific treatment, is concerning due to its rapid spread and cases reported in urban areas such as Goma and Kampala.
ebolaugandabundibugyoThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a federal order restricting for 30 days the entry of foreigners who have been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan, due to the outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which has caused about 80 deaths.
ebolacdcbundibugyoThe World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern this Sunday due to an Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo strain, which has already killed 88 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and spread to Uganda. The lack of a vaccine and specific treatment for this variant, combined with instability in the Goma region controlled by the M23 armed group, has raised global alarm.
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