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WHO's Tedros visits DR Congo as Ebola outbreak accelerates

4 articles from UN News, Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo is experiencing its largest-ever Ebola outbreak, with cases and deaths climbing sharply and the WHO warning of an unprecedented rate of spread. WHO chief Tedros visited the country as new cases doubled in some hotspots over the past week, and deaths have reached 1,751. New treatment centres are opening in eastern DRC while a vaccine trial for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola has launched, though results may take months.

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UN News

DR Congo: New centre opens at heart of record Ebola outbreak

New UN-partnered centres will serve eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as confirmed Ebola cases continued to climb sharply over the weekend in the largest-ever outbreak of the highly contagious disease in the country.

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UN News

New Ebola vaccine trial launches as outbreak spreads in DR Congo

Results may be months away, but efforts are advancing towards enhanced treatment and the world’s first vaccine for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday as deaths and cases rise in the largest ever outbreak on record in the…

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Deutsche Welle

WHO's Tedros visits DR Congo as Ebola outbreak accelerates

The head of the World Health Organization warned that "we must urgently and massively scale up all our efforts" against the latest Ebola outbreak, with new cases doubling in some hotspots in the past week alone.