The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency after a new Ebola outbreak killed at least 87 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
Health officials are particularly alarmed because this outbreak involves the rare Bundibugyo strain, for which there is currently no approved vaccine or specific treatment. Most cases are concentrated in the remote Ituri province of eastern Congo, but the virus has already reached the Ugandan capital of Kampala, raising fears of a rapid regional spread. Surveillance teams suspect the virus may have been spreading undetected for weeks, as the number of infections has quickly climbed to over 300 suspected cases.
International medical teams are now rushing to the region to set up isolation centers and begin testing experimental therapies to contain the spread.
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