GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene an emergency committee on Wednesday to decide whether Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, the global health body said on Monday.
The committee of independent experts may make recommendations to manage the outbreak, which was declared on Aug. 1 and has worsened in recent weeks, with a risk of the virus spreading from northeastern Congo into Uganda and Rwanda.
Reporting by Tom Miles, editing by Stephanie Nebehay
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