The deadly haemorrhagic virus has killed 740 people in the DRC since last August.

This is the second time the WHO expert panel has considered whether to classify the EBOLA outbreak in the DRC a Public Health Epidemic of International Concern.

As they did last October, the 11-person body sitting in Geneva determined that it was not because it had not spread to neighbouring  Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.

The outbreak has spiked since then, sickening more than 1200 people and killing 63% of them.

The WHO has declared a global health emergency, which affects surveillance, trade and travel, only four times since 2005.

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