The declaration, made by a panel of experts, follows news this week that the deadly infectious disease had spread to Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo.
Earlier this week, a preacher with Ebola arrived by bus to the city of 2 million, which is near the border with Rwanda. He has since died, WHO confirmed.TimesDeclaring the epidemic an emergency is a rare step for the WHO, which typically reserves the move for outbreaks that could severely affect public health and/or spread to other countries.Wednesday's meeting was the fourth time experts have convened to assess the threat level since the outbreak began.
Indeed, WHO said that since February it has so far gotten $49m from international donors, just half the necessary funding needed to put up a sufficient response. There are reports of aid workers going without the necessary protective gear, and medical staff reusing syringes and gloves, the
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