The World Health Organization (WHO) said recently that the outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is an international public health emergency, a according to an article on The Hill website.
The declaration is an unusual move meant to encourage international aid.
The move follows the discovery of a case of Ebola in a major city that connects the region to other African capitals.
So far, the outbreak has infected 2,512 people and killed 1,676.
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