Why are experts warning latest Ebola outbreak could be ‘worst ever’?
Key takeaways
- The virus is spreading faster than health workers can track it and international funding has slumped.
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- Kaseya sounded the alarm on Tuesday during a virtual meeting of African heads of state and international donors in Burundi.
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The virus is spreading faster than health workers can track it and international funding has slumped.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A paramedic stands by a suspected Ebola patient lying in an ambulance at a treatment centre in Bunia, DRC, Monday, June 15, 2026 [Moses Sawasawa/AP]By Shola Lawal Published On 17 Jun 202617 Jun 2026The deadly Ebola virus outbreak in eastern Africa could be the “worst ever” in history, the director-general of Africa’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Jean Kaseya, has warned.
Kaseya sounded the alarm on Tuesday during a virtual meeting of African heads of state and international donors in Burundi.