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According to the World Health Organization, the spread of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not yet a global health emergency.
The Ebola outbreak is the second largest in history – it infected 1,206 people and killed 764 people. It shows no sign of being under control quickly.
The efforts of health workers have been hampered by conflict and rebel attacks.
And experts have warned that it would be "very difficult to control it".
But Professor Robert Steffen, chairman of the WHO Ebola Emergency Committee, said an emergency statement would not change anything on the ground.
He said, "It does not mean we can lean back and relax.
"Funds are now needed to avoid a public health emergency of international concern."
The World Health Organization said it had only received half of the funds needed to fight the disease.
The epidemic began in August 2018 and is still contained in two provinces of the DRC: North Kivu and Ituri.
WHO warned, however, that "an increasing number of security-related incidents" complicate the surveillance of the spread of the virus, the vaccination of people and the making of contact with anyone who has been in contact. with a patient with Ebola.
The number of cases has increased in recent weeks and the WHO has indicated that the risk of spread of the virus in neighboring countries is "very high".
He says the risk of spreading the virus around the world is low.
What is Ebola?
– Ebola is a virus that initially causes sudden fever, intense weakness, muscle aches and sore throat.
– it turns into vomiting, diarrhea and internal and external bleeding.
– A person is infected when she is in direct contact with blood, vomit, stool or body fluids of a person with Ebola through a broken skin, or mouth or nose.
– Patients tend to die from dehydration and multiple organ failure.
Most Ebola outbreaks are quickly over and affect a small number of people.
Only once before had there been an epidemic that was still developing – and with so many cases – more than eight months after its onset.
It was the epidemic in West Africa between 2013 and 2016, which killed 11,310 people.
Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Foundation, said, "The teams in the DRC need all our support and resources, including finance, caregivers, security and enhanced infrastructure, 39, increased international political support.
"This epidemic is at a very dangerous stage in an extremely difficult environment, and we urgently need the response in order to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus and save lives."
Unlike the epidemic in West Africa, there is a vaccine used to protect people at risk, including doctors and people in contact with a patient with Ebola.
However, there are still 85 cases and 30 deaths among health care workers, further reducing the ability to cope with the epidemic.
An experimental drug trial is also underway in the country's Ebola centers.
A "public health emergency of international concern" has been declared for the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the Zika virus outbreak in 2016.
Dr. Rebecca Katz, director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University, said the decision not to declare an emergency was disappointing.
She said: "This is an extremely worrying event, because of the pathogen itself, the total number of cases, the increase in the number of cases this week and the difficulty of coordinating the response because of of a conflict, level of attention. "
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