The World Health Organisation ( WHO ) is considering whether to declare an outbreak of Ebola in the democratic republic of Congo ( DRC ) to be a global public health emergency . More than 740 people in the DRC have died from at least 1,100 infected so far , and the WHO is also helping officials manage the outbreak . Making it a health emergency will increase international help for the outbreak .
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is considering whether to declare an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to be a global public health emergency. More than 740 people in the DRC have died from at least 1,100 infected so far, and the WHO is also helping officials manage the outbreak. Making it a health emergency would increase international help for the DRC.