WHO Chief Urges Uganda to Reopen Congo Border as Ebola Outpaces Response (opens in new tab)

Covers 2 stories including Epidemic of Ebola Disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency of international concern

Visiting an isolation ward in Kampala, WHO chief Tedros urged Uganda to reverse the border closure it imposed in late May, arguing blanket travel restrictions do little to stop Ebola and discourage the openness an outbreak requires. The Bundibugyo strain spreading from Congo has no approved vaccine.

Read the original article