The World Health Organization top official has expressed concern over the rapid spread of a rare type of Ebola in Congo. Authorities have reported at least 134 suspected deaths and over 500 cases.

Twenty-six more suspected Ebola deaths ⁠were ⁠recorded in 24 hours in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities

The World Health Organization said in a statement that the outbreak, however, does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency.

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Hundreds of cases are suspected in central Africa but experts fear the actual number may be much higher.

The World Health Organization convened a meeting of its emergency committee amid an urgent search for vaccines and medicines to combat a widening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

US secretary of state says WHO was ‘a little late’ in identifying deadly Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda

Health officials fear the deadly Ebola outbreak may already be spreading far beyond the areas currently under surveillance.