East Africa 'On High Alert' Over Ebola

World agencies and neighbouring countries on Friday hiked their response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the toll from the notorious disease mounted.

A World Health Organization (WHO) emergency panel met to determine whether the outbreak was "a public health event of international concern" -- a move that would step up global action.

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