The World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern for an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that began on May 15 and involves the Bundibugyo strain. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is scheduled to arrive in Kinshasa on Thursday before traveling to Ituri province, where cases were first reported and the virus circulated for weeks. Uganda has closed its border with Congo, while confirmed figures stand at 121 cases and 17 deaths.