WHO stops short of declaring Ebola crisis a global health emergency
The WHO's decision not to declare a global emergency over the #Ebola outbreak is sure to trigger substantial debate as the virus continues to spread unabated.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo still does not warrant the declaration of a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said Friday — a decision that is sure to trigger substantial debate as the virus continues to spread unabated.
The case count in the 8-month-old Ebola outbreak, already the second largest on record, topped 1,200 on Thursday and has surged by double digits most days over the past two weeks — a far faster rate than earlier in the epidemic.
The decision was made by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom
