The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has arrived in Kinshasa to meet with President Félix Tshisekedi as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) grapples with the 17th outbreak of Ebola.
Health authorities in the DRC declared the latest Ebola epidemic on May 15, weeks behind the initial detection. The outbreak, now spreading across the vast nation of over 100 million people, has escalated at an alarming pace. The WHO had previously warned of the rapid deterioration, emphasizing the urgent need for an accelerated response to contain the deadly virus.
Who chief visits dr Congo as ebola outbreak worsens