WHO Chief appeals for early Ebola treatment, safe burials in Congo
The outbreak is the 17th in the DRC and the third-largest since Ebola was discovered
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged residents in Ebola-affected areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to seek early treatment and observe safe burial practices as authorities work to contain the outbreak.
This marks the country’s 17th Ebola outbreak and one of the largest in the past 50 years.
Ghebreyesus has warned against some traditions that may spread the disease.
“Certain practices, including touching the bodies of those who have died from Ebola can spread the virus further. While we grieve for those we have lost, we must do everything we can so that we do not lose another and get into a cycle of grief. Protecting each other, even in grief, is one of the hardest and most important things we can do.”
The World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday arrived in Bunia, the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak and called on communities in the centre of the Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak to play a central role in fighting the disease.… pic.twitter.com/Kog6JH4luY
— SABC News (@SABCNews) May 30, 2026
