WHO chief says the Ebola virus in central Africa has had a "big head-start" and warned that health authorities were still behind.

Tedros meets President Tshisekedi amid warnings that four out of five virus contacts have gone untraced.

The World Health Organization says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start, but testing is improving

The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the Ebola outbreak confirmed to have killed 61 people in central A....

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is showing signs of progress – but…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the virus ‘had a big head start’ but that the response was catching up

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had recently visited the epicenter of the outbreak in the DR Congo. He said the "virus is ahead of us, we need to move…

WHO Chief warns that "the virus is ahead of us... we need to move faster”.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 30, 2026. [Photo/Agencies]

WHO chief says the Ebola virus in central Africa has had a "big head-start" and warned that health authorities were still behind.

Ebola spreads in Congo and Uganda as WHO warns response is still behind. Testing, contact tracing and funding efforts are being scaled up by health teams. | World News