WHO raises risk of Ebola outbreak in Congo to 'very high' at national level

GENEVA, May 22 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization has increased the risk level of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola to "very high" in Congo at the national level, its chief said on Friday.

The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment, was declared an emergency ​of international concern by the WHO on ​Sunday.

"We are now revising our risk assessment to very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at global level," WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.


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