WHO chief lauds Uganda’s response to Ebola outbreak
Tedros said the country had responded promptly and capably, but called for it to reopen the border with DR Congo.

Tedros said the country had responded promptly and capably, but called for it to reopen the border with DR Congo.








A deadly Ebola outbreak in the DRC is spreading across borders, with no approved vaccine or treatment for this strain.
Demonstrators in Nairobi have carried an ‘Ebola’ coffin to protest a proposed US quarantine facility.
Spanish mayor bans DR Congo pre-World Cup 2026 game in La Linea de la Concepcion due to Ebola fears.
More than 220 people are suspected to have died from the disease’s latest outbreak, which was declared two weeks ago.

Women bear the brunt of DRC’s Ebola outbreak.
WHO’s Tedros calls for a community-led fight as a rare Ebola strain spreads rapidly through conflict-hit eastern DRC.

WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is visiting Bunia in the DRC, the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak.
Workers in eastern DR Congo are rebuilding an Ebola treatment centre that was burned by protesters earlier this month.

WHO chief visits DRC amidst Ebola crisis and urges international community to increase support.
The plan to send Ebola-exposed US nationals to Kenya, which has no known cases of the virus, has provoked a backlash.