Health workers stand in a new Ebola treatment centre during a visit of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 31, 2026.
A team of Chinese medical experts will depart from Beijing in the early hours of Tuesday for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to support local Ebola control efforts, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said on Monday.
The Chinese government decided to send the high-level medical expert team after the World Health Organization determined on May 17 that the Ebola outbreak in the DRC constituted a "public health emergency of international concern."
With extensive experience in epidemic control, the experts will work with the Chinese medical team currently in the DRC and strengthen cooperation with local medical and public health agencies to help contain the Ebola outbreak.
The expert team will also provide prevention and treatment training for local healthcare facilities, the Chinese medical team, the Chinese embassy, Chinese enterprises and overseas Chinese citizens.
