- UN health agency experts to decide whether the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo should still be considered a global health emergency, following a sharp decline in reported cases.
- The World Health Organization last July declared it a “public health emergency of international concern a designation that gives the WHO greater powers to restrict travel and boost funding.
- The outbreak was first identified in August 2018 and has since killed more than 2,300 people in eastern DR Congo.
