The World Health Organisation chief on Saturday called on communities in the centre of the Congo's latest Ebola outbreak to ​play a central role in fighting the disease.

WHO Director-General Tedros ‌Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday to coordinate the response to the Ebola outbreak, for which 1,028 suspected cases had been recorded ​by Friday, according to Congolese authorities.

"The communities understand the ​problems better and they know the solution as well," WHO ⁠Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters after arriving in Bunia, ​the provincial capital of Ituri, a hotspot of the ongoing Ebola outbreak.

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