The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."

Amid an outbreak declared as a global health emergency by the World Health Organization, the U.S. is restricting travel from the Democratic Republic of Congo. That could impact the team — and its fans — during the upcoming World Cup.

The WHO has declared the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency, with rising cases and fatalities attributed to the rare Bundibugyo virus. Response efforts are complicated by logistical challenges and regional conflict.

The three workers, who fell ill in March and died in May, were "among the first known victims of the outbreak," the Red Cross said.

The World Health Organization has declared the recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a “very high” risk in the central African nation as the virus threatens to derail the FIFA World Cup next month.

GENEVA, May 27 (Reuters) - Christian aid group Samaritan's Purse hopes to open within a week a 50-bed Ebola treatment centre in the area of the outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, its President told Reuters.

The head of ⁠the ⁠World Health Organization ⁠said on Monday that the fast-moving ​Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda ‌was outpacing response efforts, ‌giving the latest number of suspected deaths ⁠as ⁠220.