You have been warned. The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Sunday declared an ever broadening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring Uganda a global health emergency.
More than than 300 suspected cases have been reported and 88 deaths.
The agency said the outbreak in DR Congo’s eastern Ituri province, does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency – but does not rule out that possible development, the BBC reports.
The current strain of Ebola is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, the health agency said, for which there are no approved drugs or vaccines.
Early symptoms include fever, muscle pain, fatigue, headache and sore throat, and are followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, a rash and bleeding, the BBC report sets out.
A motorcycle taxi driver waits for clients in front of the entrance of CBCA Virunga General Hospital, in Goma on May 17,
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