WHO chief heads to ‘hardest hit’ Ituri as DRC’s 17th Ebola outbreak spreads
Tedros said the outbreak has spread faster than the response, with 1,077 suspected cases and 246 deaths reported as aid and supplies arrive.
- On Thursday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus traveled to Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to address the third-largest Ebola outbreak on record, which is outpacing global response efforts.
- The outbreak involves the rare Bundibugyo strain, for which no vaccine or treatment exists, while the virus has circulated for weeks amid armed conflict hampering containment efforts in eastern Congo.
- Government figures confirm 121 cases and 17 deaths, though suspected data shows 1,077 cases and 246 fatalities. Health workers face severe supply shortages and violent attacks, some treating patients with expired masks.
- The United States announced an additional $80m in funding on Thursday, bringing total aid to $112m, while implementing travel bans for green card holders from Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan within 21 days.
- Africa CDC aims to secure a vaccine against Bundibugyo by end of 2026, while Tedros appealed for a ceasefire, stating, "We cannot build community trust or isolate the sick while bombs are falling.
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WHO chief visits Ebola epicenter in eastern DR Congo
The World Health Organization’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he wanted to discuss the response to the outbreak with local communities in Ituri province. DR Congo has recorded over 1,000 suspected cases since mid-May. Source link : https://www.dw.com/en/who-chief-visits-ebola-epicenter-in-eastern-dr-congo/a-77355201?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf Author : Publish date : 2026-05-30 12:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked So…
State services are absent from rural areas of the DRC and the presence of armed groups that systematically massacre civilians makes access extremely difficult.
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WHO Chief Visits Congo as Deadly Ebola Outbreak Expands, Urges Unity and Immediate Action
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday evening to support local authorities and international health ... The post WHO Chief Visits Congo as Deadly Ebola Outbreak Expands, Urges Unity and Immediate Action first appeared on [your]NEWS.
WHO head Ghebreyesus personally travels to the Ebola Epicentre in the Congo – and addresses himself in advance with an emotional letter to all concerned.
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While the World Health Organization (WHO) managed the outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, a new episode of Ebola contagion began to spread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). WHO declared this new outbreak, the seventeenth one facing the African country, as “a public health emergency of international importance.” So far, health authorities have reported 1,077 possible cases and 246 deaths. The confirmed number, ho…
WHO chief arrives in Congo, says Ebola outbreak 'can be stopped'
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, is in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he says, to show that communities affected by the Ebola outbreak 'are not alone,' and to ensure they have all they need to stop the spread.
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