{"id":505,"date":"2026-05-19T16:35:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=505"},"modified":"2026-05-19T16:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:35:32","slug":"who-calls-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-deeply-concerning-no-vaccine-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=505","title":{"rendered":"WHO calls Ebola outbreak in Congo \u2018deeply concerning,\u2019 no vaccine available"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The World Health Organization has called the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u201cdeeply concerning,\u201d noting that the strain has no licensed vaccine or treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=503\">North Phoenix retail center seeks tenants as TSMC, Costco drive demand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The statement from Dr. Anne Ancia, WHO representative in the DRC, comes as the agency monitors hundreds of cases of the deadly virus. So far, there have been 30 confirmed cases and 500 suspected cases, including 130 deaths.<\/p>\n<p><b>RELATED STORY | <\/b><b>American doctor diagnosed with Ebola tied to outbreak in Africa<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Uganda has also reported two confirmed cases, one of them fatal.<\/p>\n<p>An American doctor is among those with confirmed infections. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working to move the doctor to Germany, which has experience treating Ebola. Officials are also arranging for other high-risk contacts to be moved there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is occurring in a highly complex epidemiological, operational and humanitarian context \u2014 marked by insecurity, population displacement, and both densely populated and remote areas,\u201d Ancia said. \u201cThere is significant uncertainty about the number of infections and how far the virus has spread.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, WHO declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=501\">Evacuations ordered as Southern California battles two major blazes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>RELATED STORY | <\/b><b>What to know about the Ebola outbreak that the WHO has declared a global health emergency<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The strain involved is the Bundibugyo virus, which has a fatality rate between 25% and 50%, WHO said. Common symptoms include fever, headache, vomiting, severe weakness, abdominal pain, nosebleeds and vomiting blood.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak was detected earlier this month among a cluster of healthcare workers in the DRC.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the United States placed travel restrictions on non-U.S. passport holders who have been in Uganda, the DRC or South Sudan in the past 21 days.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=499\">ABC15 follows up with Buckeye teacher providing life lessons for students through math<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHO says the Congo Ebola outbreak is \u2018deeply concerning,\u2019 with 30 confirmed cases and 130 deaths; strain lacks a licensed vaccine or treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WHO calls Ebola outbreak in Congo \u2018deeply concerning,\u2019 no vaccine available - Arizona Moving Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=505\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WHO calls Ebola outbreak in Congo \u2018deeply concerning,\u2019 no vaccine available - Arizona Moving Insider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WHO says the Congo Ebola outbreak is \u2018deeply concerning,\u2019 with 30 confirmed cases and 130 deaths; 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