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

The Guardian World Monday 25 May 2026, 17:00 UTC By Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi 1 min read

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The World Health Organization has warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is currently outpacing response efforts. The WHO director-general urged neighbouring countries to take immediate action due to the high risk of the disease spreading.

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.

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

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