UN mission investigates virus outbreak in Philippines
![The Ebola-Reston virus jumped from monkeys to pigs in the Philippines. [ABC]](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200803/r231956_927308.jpg "The Ebola-Reston virus jumped from monkeys to pigs in the Philippines. [ABC]")
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The Ebola-Reston virus jumped from monkeys to pigs in the Philippines. [ABC]
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Experts from three United Nations agencies are in the Philippines to investigate an outbreak of the Ebola-Reston virus at two pig farms north of Manila.
The World Health Organisation says the Ebola-Reston is only found in the Philippines and is not dangerous to humans, unlike the four deadly Ebola sub-types found in Africa.
While Ebola-Reston had previously been confined to monkeys in the Philippines, it has now jumped to pigs.
The WHO says the UN is investigating because it had potential implications for animal and human health.
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