Confirmed Ebola cases nearly double in days as WHO chief visits DR Congo
Key takeaways
- WHO’s Tedros calls for a community-led fight as a rare Ebola strain spreads rapidly through conflict-hit eastern DRC.
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general, arrived in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, on Saturday.
- “The international community is involved under the leadership of the government of DRC, and at the same time, community ownership is important;
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WHO’s Tedros calls for a community-led fight as a rare Ebola strain spreads rapidly through conflict-hit eastern DRC.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives at Bunia airport, the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak, in eastern DRC on May 30, 2026 [Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters]By Faisal Ali and Reuters Published On 30 May 202630 May 2026The 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 Health Organization (WHO) director-general, arrived in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, on Saturday.