The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern. The outbreak is caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus, a member of the Ebolavirus genus, for which neither an approved vaccine nor a specific treatment is currently available. International health authorities are monitoring the situation closely. According to assessments by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), there is currently only a very low risk to the population in Germany.