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In this photograph taken Saturday July 13, 2019, health workers wearing protective suits take their shift at a treatment center in Beni, Congo DRC. The head of the World Health Organization is convening a meeting of experts Wednesday July 17, 2019 to decide whether the Ebola outbreak should be declared an international emergency after spreading to eastern Congo's biggest city, Goma, this week. More than 1,600 people in eastern Congo have died as the virus has spread in areas too dangerous for health teams to access.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

AP Explains: Why Ebola is now an international emergency

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

In this photograph taken Sunday July 14, 2019, an Ebola victim is put to rest at the Muslim cemetery in Beni, Congo DRC. The head of the World Health Organization is convening a meeting of experts Wednesday July 17, 2019 to decide whether the Ebola outbreak should be declared an international emergency after spreading to eastern Congo's biggest city, Goma, this week. More than 1,600 people in eastern Congo have died as the virus has spread in areas too dangerous for health teams to access. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency

By MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

In this photograph taken Saturday 13 July 2019, health workers wearing protective suits tend to to an Ebola victim kept in an isolation cube in Beni, Congo DRC. The Congolese health ministry is confirming the country's first Ebola case in the provincial capital of 2 million, Goma, some 360 kms ( 225 miles) south of Beni. More than 1,600 people in eastern Congo have died as the virus has spread in areas too dangerous for health teams to access. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Congo tracing contacts of first Ebola case in eastern city

By KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press

A worker from the World Health Organization (WHO) decontaminates the doorway of a house on a plot where two cases of Ebola were found, in the village of Mabalako, in eastern Congo Monday, June 17, 2019. Health officials in eastern Congo have begun offering vaccinations to all residents in the hotspot of Mabalako whereas previous efforts had only targeted known contacts or those considered to be at high risk. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro)

The Latest: US, EU promise support to tackle Ebola

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In this Aug. 8, 2018, file photo, a health care worker from the World Health Organization gives an Ebola vaccination to a front line aid worker in Mangina, Democratic Republic of Congo. The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the second deadliest in history, marks six months on Friday and is moving toward the major border city of Goma, a development that would greatly complicate any hope of stopping the virus’ spread in the unstable region. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro, File)

Congo’s Ebola outbreak still going strong

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

This photo provided by Abramorama shows a scene from the film &quot;This Is Congo.&quot; The movie is directed and filmed by former photojournalist Daniel McCabe. Traveling around the Kivu regions in the east, McCabe sought to explore the root causes of conflict in Congo. (Daniel McCabe/Abramorama via AP)

‘This Is Congo’ explores everyday voices amid conflict

By CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

2 UN peacekeepers killed, 18 hurt in eastern Congo attacks

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO and EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Police Nationale du Congo officers who fled Goma when M23 rebels took over the city Nov. 18 2012, return on a barge to the port of Goma, eastern Congo, Friday Nov. 30, 2012. The police force were returning to resume control on Friday, as had been agreed by the regional bloc. Rebels in Congo believed to be backed by Rwanda postponed their departure Friday from the key eastern city of Goma by 48 hours for &#195;&#172;logistical reasons,&#195;&#174; defying for a second time an ultimatum set by neighboring African countries and backed by Western diplomats. The delay raises the possibility that the M23 rebels don&#195;&#173;t intend to leave the city they seized last week, giving credence to a United Nations Group of Experts report which argues that neighboring Rwanda is using the rebels as a proxy to annex territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Congo rebels indefinitely delay exit from Goma

By Melanie Gouby and Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press