WHO chief warns Ebola response must ramp up to stem DRC outbreak

Number of people killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo from disease exceeds 3,000 amid response funding gap.Published On 2 Sep 20262 Sep 2026The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that every transmission chain needs to be identified and broken if the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is to be contained.Speaking to reporters in Geneva on Wednesday, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that until every chain is broken, the epidemic “will continue ⁠to pose a threat ⁠to [the] DRC, ⁠its neighbours and the region as a whole”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Ebola spreads to two new zones in DRC; 60 areas now affectedlist 2 of 3World Health Organization says Ebola outbreak in Uganda is overlist 3 of 3DRC: Ebola fears grow as children return to schoolend of listThe number of people killed in the DRC by the disease exceeded 3,000 on Wednesday, according to official government data.The outbreak is the fastest-growing in history, as well as the deadliest and largest the DRC has ever experienced. The United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has warned that efforts to contain the virus are “below established respons...