Ebola fight in DRC ‘far from over,’ warns WHO chief

The DRC faces a growing Ebola threat as cases soar in North Kivu, despite progress in other regions, says TedrosPublished On 16 Sep 202616 Sep 2026Despite “encouraging signs” in the fight against the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), efforts to wipe out the virus in the east of the country are “far from over”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).In an online news conference, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists cases were surging in North Kivu province as officials raced to control the spread of “many outbreaks in many places”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Ebola case detected in seventh DR Congo provincelist 2 of 3DR Congo’s worst Ebola epidemic ever passes 7,000 caseslist 3 of 3Ebola spreads to seventh DRC province as gov’t insists cases are decliningend of listTedros said the number of weekly cases had doubled over the past two weeks from 100 to more than 200 cases in North Kivu.“The area is so vast that it’s hard to speak of a single epidemic,” Tedros added.Tedros said that transmission was declining in the worst-affected areas of Ituri province, the epicentre of the outbreak, while South Kivu has not reported...