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DAKAR, May 28 (Reuters) - Funding pledges to contain the fast-growing Ebola outbreak in Africa have almost halved since Monday, the continent's main health body said on Thursday. The World Health ​Organization has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo ​strain of ⁠Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern.

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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is now screening passengers for possible Ebola transmission, according to the CDC.

The number of cases of Hantavirus linked to a cruise ship at the centre of an outbreak has increased to 13, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. “Spain reported a new case among the passengers who are in quarantine,

Aid supplies have been rushed in to the center of Congo's Ebola outbreak where medical workers are struggling with equipment shortages, distrustful locals and armed groups.

More than 223 people are suspected to have died from the outbreak in DRC and Uganda. The World Health Organization has warned the epidemic will get worse before it gets better.