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Ebola had 'big head-start,' WHO chief Tedros warns
Ebola had 'big head-start,' WHO chief Tedros warns June 3, 2026World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, during a press conference in Geneva, said the Ebola virus in central Africa has had a "big head-start" and warned that health authorities were still behind. Tedros: 'We need to move faster' Tedros had just returned from visiting Ituri Province in eastern DR Congo, which is the epicenter of the outbreak. Tedros said authorities are "catching up" and said he was "very...
Ebola outbreak: WHO's Tedros visits Uganda, bordering the DRC Ituri province epicenter
Ebola: WHO's Tedros visits Uganda, bordering DRC epicenter June 8, 2026The director-general of the UN's World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, visited Uganda on Monday, which borders the epicenter of the latest Ebola outbreak in Ituri province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The WHO has declared a public health emergency over the current outbreak, which was announced on May 15 in the northeastern DRC. Tedros was in the DRC last week, in the gold...
WHO chief visits Congo Ebola epicentre Saturday to urge community action
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Ituri on Saturday to back the response against a rare Ebola strain. With over 1,000 suspected cases and 246 deaths, Tedros emphasised the critical need for community work. UN health chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus landed on Saturday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province, the epicentre worst-hit by a severe outbreak of a rare type of Ebola.
Five Ebola patients recover in Congo as WHO opens new treatment centre
Five patients infected with a rare strain of Ebola have recovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday during the inauguration of a new treatment centre in the eastern city of Bunia. Speaking at the facility in Ituri province, the epicentre of the current outbreak, Tedros said four patients would be discharged on Sunday, while another had left hospital two days earlier. “Four people will be discharged today and there was one that was...
'We’re with you': WHO chief rushes to Congo as Ebola outbreak worsens
World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged stronger international support to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), warning that delays in response and mistrust within communities are hampering efforts to control the virus. Tedros made the appeal on Saturday after arriving in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, one of the worst-hit areas. Speaking to reporters, he said the international community was already...
Confirmed Ebola cases nearly double in days as WHO chief visits DR Congo
Confirmed Ebola cases nearly double in days as WHO chief visits DR Congo WHO’s Tedros calls for a community-led fight as a rare Ebola strain spreads rapidly through conflict-hit eastern DRC. The head of the United Nations health agency is visiting the epicentre of a deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), urging local communities to lead the fight against a disease whose confirmed cases have nearly doubled in two days. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World...
WHO chief lauds Uganda’s response to Ebola outbreak
WHO chief lauds Uganda’s response to Ebola outbreak Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the country had responded promptly and capably, but called for it to reopen its border with DR Congo. The director-general of the World Health Organization has praised Uganda for its response to the Ebola outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), saying he is “confident” the epidemic can be brought under control. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged the Ugandan authorities on Monday to...
WHO calls for community cooperation to contain DRC Ebola outbreak
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus makes appeal after protests against protocols for handling bodies in Ituri province Containing the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo requires community cooperation and is “everybody’s business”, the World Health Organization has said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the organisation’s director general, made the plea on Sunday during a visit to eastern Congo where some residents have protested against stringent medical protocols for handling victims’...
WHO calls for community cooperation to contain Ebola outbreak in DRC
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus makes appeal after protests against protocols for handling victims’ bodies in Ituri provinceContaining the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo requires community cooperation and is “everybody’s business”, the World Health Organization has said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the organisation’s director general, made the plea on Sunday during a visit to eastern Congo where some residents have protested against stringent medical protocols for handling...
DRC Ebola outbreak could have begun as early as January, WHO chief says
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the virus ‘had a big head start’ but that the response was catching upThe Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could have begun as early as January, the head of the World Health Organization said, giving the virus “a big head start”. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said the response was being hindered by blanket travel restrictions and highlighted high levels of community mistrust and low levels of contact tracing as key concerns.