WHO Says Congo Faces ‘Very High’ Risk From Ebola Outbreak

A member of a medical team is seen inside a Containerized Bio-Containment System (CBCS) during a shake-down exercise at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, outside Washington, DC on November 18, 2016 after return with simulated patients infected with Ebola from West Africa. Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images

GENEVA—Democratic Republic of Congo faces a “very high” public health risk from Ebola because the disease has been confirmed in a patient in a big city, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, raising its assessment from “high” previously.

The risk to countries in the region was now “high”, raised from “moderate”, but the global risk remained “low”, the WHO said.