Most epidemics and emergencies will not gain public attention or fulfil the criteria to be a PHEIC . ECs were not convened for the cholera outbreak in Haiti , chemical weapons use in Syria or the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan . Of the outbreaks reported to the WHO for consideration of PHEIC declaration , the 2018 – 19 Kivu Ebola epidemic was declined for the third time on 14 June 2019 , when the number of deaths from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( DRC ) had reached 1,405 by 11 June 2019 and when a couple of cases of Ebola in neighbouring Uganda had been confirmed . In July 2019 , following a confirmed case of Ebola in Goma , the capital of North Kivu , the reconvening of a fourth EC was announced . The WHO officially announced it as a PHEIC on 17 July 2019
chemical weapons use in Syria
Ghouta chemical attack
Public Health Emergency of International Concern