Spread of Ebola in DRC ‘outpacing’ response efforts, warns WHO

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The World Health Organization warns that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading faster than current response capabilities, urging neighboring countries to take immediate preventive measures. The epidemic poses a significant public health threat in the region.

Director general of World Health Organization urges neighbouring countries to take immediate action The World Health Organization has warned that the Ebola outbreak is outpacing response efforts and countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at high risk from the disease. “We are urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment the epidemic is outpacing us,” said the WHO’s director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, as he urged neighbouring countries to take immediate action. Continue reading...