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WHO finds Ebola outbreak not an emergency situation yet

By Robert King
Published May 18, 2018 4:03pm ET
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WHO finds Ebola outbreak not an emergency situation yet
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, left, and Robert Steffen, WHO chairman of the Emergency Committee on Ebola, attend a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. | (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)

A World Health Organization panel found that the latest outbreak of Ebola in Congo does not meet the conditions for a public health emergency declaration yet.

Members of the WHO’s emergency committee met on Friday to discuss the declaration, which brings with it more funding.

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