Ebola outbreak declared global emergency by WHO after 88 deaths in Congo

South Africa

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Pretoria and Pretoria closely watch the international response to the Ebola outbreak in the Congo, particularly the US travel restrictions that designate Africa as a high-risk zone and raise questions about continental stigma.

Germany

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Reassuring West focused on domestic audiences · 3 of 14 countries

Berlin views the risk to its population as almost zero and rules out any national measures, while remaining prepared to deploy medical expertise in support of affected countries.

Brazil

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Reassuring West focused on domestic audiences · 3 of 14 countries

Brasília follows the Ebola outbreak in the Congo with vigilance but without a national alert, emphasizing the distinction between international health emergency and pandemic, and reminding that Brazil has never registered a confirmed case.

Canada

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English-language press alarmed by spread · 4 of 14 countries

Ottawa expresses concern over the Ebola outbreak in the Congo, mindful of cross-border transmission and the weaknesses in the global surveillance system that recent US aid cuts have exacerbated.

China

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Asia-Pacific: lens of risk to citizens · 2 of 14 countries

Beijing and Hong Kong closely monitor the risks that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo poses to their citizens and trade with Central Africa, in a context of strong connectivity between Chinese metropolises and sub-Saharan African cities.

United States

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Washington follows WHO's emergency declaration with a focus on cross-border transmission to Uganda, emphasizing the lack of approved treatment for the Bundibugyo strain.

France

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English-language press alarmed by spread · 4 of 14 countries

Paris highlights the Ebola crisis in the DRC as a case of delayed reaction and complete lack of therapeutic tools, emphasizing the risks of a difficult-to-contain regional spread.

Nigeria

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Critical observers of US response · 2 of 14 countries

Abuja follows US response to Ebola outbreak in DRC, highlighting contradictions of a power that left WHO but deploys teams on African ground.

Pakistan

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Islamabad highlights systemic failures that allowed Ebola to spread undetected in the Congo, from poorly calibrated tests to local funeral practices.

Qatar

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English-language press alarmed by spread · 4 of 14 countries

Doha focuses on the Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda, highlighting regional mobility and the lack of approved treatment for the Bundibugyo strain, two factors that Al Jazeera places at the center of international alert.

United Kingdom

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English-language press alarmed by spread · 4 of 14 countries

London mobilizes its media and experts to sound the alarm on an unprecedented Ebola outbreak: a strain without vaccine or treatment, an active conflict zone, and a virus that has already crossed an international border to Kampala.

Singapore

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Asia-Pacific: lens of risk to citizens · 2 of 14 countries

Singapore views the Ebola crisis in the Congo through the lens of cross-border public health risk management, with a focus on travel restrictions imposed by Washington.

Turkey

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Critical observers of US response · 2 of 14 countries

Istanbul views the Ebola outbreak through the lens of the US withdrawal from the WHO, highlighting the weaknesses of a fragile international response under the Trump administration.

Ukraine

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Reassuring West focused on domestic audiences · 3 of 14 countries

Kyiv follows with sobriety the World Health Organization's global health emergency declaration, relaying epidemiological facts without alarmism, in a context where Ukraine remains under its own health pressure linked to the armed conflict.