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        "id": 1754064,
        "msgid": "who-says-ebola-is-not-a-pandemic-emergency-1779542824",
        "date": "2026-05-21 11:03:08",
        "title": "WHO says Ebola is not a 'pandemic emergency'",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "The World Health Organization states that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern but does not constitute a pandemic. An Emergency Committee reaffirmed this assessment as the outbreak has spread across Ituri and North Kivu, with Uganda reporting cases in Kampala; funding has been boosted from the Contingency Fund for Emergencies to sustain an international response.",
        "content": "<p>Geneva \u2013 The risk of Ebola is \u2018high at national and regional levels,\nand low at the global level,\u2019 and this situation is not \u2018a pandemic\nemergency,\u2019 the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday (20\nMay). WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the\nEbola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda\nconstitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC),\nbut not a pandemic emergency.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference, the Director-General said that the WHO\nEmergency Committee met on Tuesday (19 May) and agreed with the earlier\nassessment that the Ebola situation in the Democratic Republic of the\nCongo and Uganda constitutes a PHEIC, but not a pandemic emergency.\nTedros previously on Sunday (17 May) announced the PHEIC status for the\noutbreak in both countries, marking the first time a WHO head has done\nso without first convening the Emergency Committee.<\/p>\n<p>To date, 51 cases have been confirmed in the Ituri and North Kivu\nprovinces of the DRC, Tedros said, noting that the scale of the outbreak\nin the DRC is much larger. In addition to confirmed cases, there are\nnearly 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected deaths, he said. He noted\nthat the WHO expects the number to continue to rise, given the virus had\nspread for some time before the outbreak was detected. Tedros said it\nwas urgent to act promptly to prevent further deaths and mobilise an\neffective and international response.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO has deployed personnel, supplies, equipment, and funds to\nsupport national authorities in responding to this situation, he said.\nUganda has also informed the WHO of two confirmed cases in the capital\nKampala, including one death, among two people who had travelled from\nthe DRC to Uganda, he added, noting that an American citizen working in\nthe DRC has also tested positive.<\/p>\n<p>The Director-General said that he had approved an additional US$3.4\nmillion from the Contingency Fund for Emergencies, bringing the total to\nUS$3.9 million.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/who-says-ebola-is-not-a-pandemic-emergency-1779542824",
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