The world's fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak is outpacing efforts to contain it, WHO chief warned Wednesday during a visit to Congo, where some health workers are on strike over unpaid wages.
Nearly three months into the outbreak, new cases are doubling in some hot spots, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X after meeting with officials in the capital, Kinshasa.
It was the second visit by the WHO director-general to the Central African country since the outbreak was declared in mid-May.
"We all agree that we must urgently and massively scale up all our efforts across all pillars of the response and by all partners," Tedros said.
The outbreak has accounted for 3,874 confirmed cases, including 1,751 deaths, as of Monday, according to the latest data from Congo’s Health Ministry.
