The World Health Organization declared a "public health emergency of international concern" surrounding a deadly Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, Reuters reported on May 17. The outbreak's epicenter is in Congo's northeastern Ituri province, where 80 deaths were reported as of May 15, with at least one case in both Goma and Kinshasa, and two cases confirmed in Kampala, Uganda's capital.