WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that the global risk from the disease remained low.
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23/05/2026 - 7:58 GMT+2
The World Health Organization has raised its public health risk from the Ebola outbreak from "high" to "very high" in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In an update on Friday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the agency, said 82 cases had so far been confirmed in the country, with seven confirmed deaths.
"But we know the epidemic in the DRC is much larger," Ghebreyesus said, adding that there were around 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths.
The risk level remains high at the regional level and low worldwide, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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