Radio France Internationale · May 20 United States to fund Ebola clinics as aid cuts blamed for spread of virus Ebola cases continued to rise in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday as the United States pledged to fund up to 50 treatment clinics and aid groups blamed earlier US funding cuts for weakening disease surveillance in the region.
The Guardian - UK · May 20 Vaccine to tackle Ebola outbreak will take six to nine months, says WHO The response to the current wave of the disease, which has caused 139 deaths in central Africa to date, has been hampered by security concerns
France 24 · May 20 WHO says risk of global Ebola spread is low, but high at national, regional levels The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said the Ebola epidemic risk was high at the national and regional levels and low at the global level.
The Times of India · May 20 136 dead, no vaccine or cure: WHO chief warns over 'scale and speed' of Ebola outbreak The World Health Organisation chief on Tuesday said he was "deeply concerned" by an Ebola outbreak in Congo caused by a rare strain for which there are no approved vaccines or treatments, as the death toll rose to 136.
AAP · May 19 Ebola toll to grow after virus quietly spread for weeks Scores of people have died from Africa's Ebola outbreak and that number is expected to keep rising given how long the virus was able to circulate undetected.
Radio France Internationale · May 19 WHO declares global emergency as DRC Ebola outbreak spreads beyond borders The death toll from the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has climbed to 131, with more than 500 suspected cases now recorded. The World Health Organization said it was "deeply concerned" by the scale and pace of the epidemic.