GENEVA: The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is intensifying at an “exceptional” pace, the World Health Organization warned on Saturday, calling for a significant scaling-up of the health response. “This outbreak is now the largest recorded Ebola virus disease outbreak in the country,” the WHO said in a statement, The deadliest Ebola outbreak in the DRC killed nearly 2,300 out of almost 3,500 recorded cases between 2018 and 2020.

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has quickly grown into the second-largest on record, with cases taking just weeks to reach levels that had taken…

Officials declare the outbreak the fastest spreading ever, warning the world to 'pay much more attention'.