India, May 19 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Sunday, declared the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern- its highest alarm.

The UN health agency's declaration comes a day before it called an emergency meeting, which was meant to discover the "temporary recommendations" for the Bundibugyo strain, one of the least-studied variants of the disease.

As per Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, such a "rare alignment" of events highlighted the urgency of the risks regarding the epidemic.

On Monday, Health Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Roger Kamba, said that over 500 cases and 131 deaths linked to the virus had been reported ...