‘You are not alone’ in Ebola fight, says WHO chief heading to DR Congo

“I want to be with you during this time,” Ghebreyesus said

May 28, 2026 16:39

GENEVA: The head of the WHO, heading to the Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, pledged to do “everything in my power” to help conquer the deadly outbreak.

“I want to be with you during this time. And I want you to know that you are not alone,” the World Health Organization’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, in a lengthy message to the Congolese people posted on X.