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WHO chief heads to Congo amid surging Ebola cases

WHO chief heads to Congo amid surging Ebola cases

GENEVA, May 28 (Reuters) - The World ‌Health Organization ‌chief said on Thursday ​he was on his way to the ‌Democratic Republic ⁠of Congo where an ⁠Ebola outbreak is outpacing ​the world's ​ability ​to respond.

Reuters FILE PHOTO: Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, April 29, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo Tented shelters stand at the Kigonze camp for internally displaced persons, as authorities intensify efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 25, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Director-General of the WHO Dr. Tedros attends an ACANU briefing in Geneva

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"16 ‌times, this country has defeated Ebola. The 17th will be no ‌different. ​But we ​must ​act ‌now, together," said WHO ​Director-General ​Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on ​X.

(Reporting ‌by Emma Farge, ​Editing by ​Linda Pasquini)