Dr. Robert Steffen, chair of the WHO Emergency Committee on Ebola, told a Geneva news conference after it met: "The Emergency Committee almost unanimously decided against recommending to the director-general of WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern."
The deadly disease is concentrated in two Congo provinces and cases are rising in remaining epicentres, notably Butembo, Katwa, Vuhovi and Mandima, the panel said in a statement.
