WHO reports new Ebola incident amid fears of virus spreading

A man receives a vaccine against Ebola from a nurse outside the Afia Himbi Health Centre in Goma, DR Congo on July 15, 2019. The World Health Organization reported a new incidence of Ebola near the Uganda-DRC border, after a Congolese woman who went to trade across the border in Mpondwe market, in western Uganda, fell ill and died after crossing back into DR Congo. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

GENEVA,

The World Health Organization reported a new incidence of Ebola on Wednesday, fuelling concerns that the virus may be spreading beyond Democratic Republic of Congo, as an expert panel weighs whether to sound the alarm internationally.