WHO declares international emergency over rare Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in DRC and Uganda
No vaccines or treatments exist for Ebola Bundibugyo, which has caused hundreds of suspected cases and 80 deaths in Congo and Uganda; WHO warns of “potentially much larger outbreak”
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