The World Health Organization (WHO) said it has so far mobilized only around 40% of the US$115 million needed to respond to the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

A deadly South American virus that causes Ebola-like bleeding can spread human-to-human, public health officials have learned from its second-ever outbreak.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations, stressed that constructive dialogues and reconciliation efforts will help settle conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) while attending the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)’s video teleconference on October 6.

The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo informed today that a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease is occurring in Wangata health zone, Mbandaka, in Équateur province.

World news today: The new Ebola outbreak has killed at least five people in Congo, the country that was already contending with the world's largest measles epidemic and coronavirus. Meanwhile, Trump's threaten of deploying military to stop protests, Belgian prince contracts COVID-19, over 377,000 COVID-19 fatalities and the gold prices also make headlines today (June 2).