World Ebola outbreak in Congo declared an international health emergency by World Health Organization July 17, 2019July 18, 2019Maria Cheng and Jamey Keaten, Associated PressComments Off on Ebola outbreak in Congo declared an international health emergency by World Health Organization More than 1,600 people have died since August in the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, which is unfolding in a region described as a war zone.