The determination should expedite more money and expertise for fighting the deadly hemorrhagic disease that’s killed more than 1600 people this past year.

The is the fourth time the WHO emergency committee has deliberated on the latest EBOLA outbreak in the DRC which has become the second largest in the world

WHO Director General Teodoro Ghebreyesus expresses disappointment at the financial response from the international community.

Both he and Congolese Health Minister Ali Ilunga urge countries not to use the declaration of a public health emergency of international concern as a pretext for closing borders with the DRC following confirmation of an EBOLA death in the eastern Congolese capital of Goma.

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