The director-general of the ​World Health Organisation, Tedros ⁠Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday (May 25, 2026) that there had been 220 suspected deaths ‌in the current Ebola outbreak and that a ‌delay in detecting cases ‌meant ⁠responders were now “playing catch-up”.

“We are ⁠urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment the epidemic is outpacing ​us,” Mr. Tedros ‌said, adding that countries bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo — the epicentre of the outbreak — should ‌take immediate action.

Earlier on ​Monday (May 24, 2026) Uganda reported two more Ebola cases, taking ⁠its total number of confirmed cases to seven.

The World ‌Health Organisation has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola a public health emergency of international concern.

Mr. Tedros said he would ‌travel to Congo on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) and ​that addressing the fast-moving outbreak was complicated by the ⁠fact that Congo’s Ituri and North ⁠Kivu provinces were highly insecure and there were no ‌approved vaccines for Bundibugyo virus.

Ebola concerns, PCOS to PMOS, NEET cancellation and more | One year of Health Wrap

Ebola concerns, PCOS to PMOS, NEET cancellation and more | One year of Health Wrap 
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