WHO: ‘Violence and insecurity’ hampering response to ‘worrisome’ Ebola outbreak
Bodies infected with Ebola can be highly contagious and result in further spread. Tedros said there have been almost 750 suspected Ebola cases and 177 suspected deaths in Congo, along with 82 confirmed cases and seven confirmed deaths. “These numbers are changing as surveillance efforts and laboratory testing is improving, but violence and insecurity are impeding the response,” he said in a statement on social media.
- ▪Bodies infected with Ebola can be highly contagious and result in further spread.
- ▪Tedros said there have been almost 750 suspected Ebola cases and 177 suspected deaths in Congo, along with 82 confirmed cases and seven confirmed deaths.
- ▪“These numbers are changing as surveillance efforts and laboratory testing is improving, but violence and insecurity are impeding the response,” he said in a statement on social media.
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Healthcare WHO: ‘Violence and insecurity’ hampering response to ‘worrisome’ Ebola outbreak Comments: by Ryan Mancini - 05/22/26 4:42 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Ryan Mancini - 05/22/26 4:42 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Friday that “violence and insecurity” have hampered the response to the Ebola outbreak in Congo, which he called “deeply worrisome.” Fires erupted at an Ebola treatment center in Rwampara after people were stopped from retrieving a local man’s body, The Associated Press reported. Bodies infected with Ebola can be highly contagious and result in further spread.
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