GENEVA: The World Health Organization called Tuesday for more support across to board to combat the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo, which is still outpacing response efforts.
The outbreak is the biggest ever to have hit the DR Congo, despite being declared less than three months ago.
“The outbreak is unfortunately still expanding beyond the capacity of the response,” WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told reporters in Geneva.
“We need more support in terms of finances, but also other resources to scale up all areas of response: treatment capacity, field investigation teams, safe burial teams and community workers.”
There have been 3,748 confirmed cases of Ebola in the DRC, including 1,657 deaths. A total of 708 patients have recovered, and there are 227 suspected cases under investigation.
