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in Uganda on Wednesday, fueling concerns that the virus may be spreading beyond Democratic Republic of Congo, as an expert panel weighs whether to sound the alarm internationally.

Ebola is highly infectious and spread through bodily fluids. The current outbreak, largely confined to Congo apart from three deaths in Uganda in June, has killed 1,676 people – more than two thirds of those who contracted it – over the past year. Health workers had not established where the fishmonger spent nights, how she traveled or who transported her merchandise, or who cleaned up her vomit. News of the incident came as the WHO’s emergency committee of international experts met for a fourth time to decide if the11-month outbreak constitutes a “public health emergency of international concern” .

Last month the committee decided against declaring a PHEIC because the potential disruption risked causing economic harm,while achieving nothing.

 

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