WHO sees 'encouraging signs' in DR Congo Ebola response but says outbreak 'far from over'

The World ⁠Health Organization ​said on Wednesday there were encouraging signs measures to contain an Ebola epidemic ​in DR Congo were gaining ground, though it warned the outbreak was "far from over". Transmission was declining in the most affected parts of Ituri province, ​WHO ‌Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. "We are now starting to ⁠see encouraging signs that we are gaining ground," he said in a conference call but ‌warned the outbreak could still spread in a region with very ⁠high population mobility. Read moreDR Congo: Ebola burial teams race against time DR Congo had reported more than 7,000 confirmed Ebola cases as of September 11. The outbreak, the second most lethal on ​record behind one in West Africa that lasted from 2014 ‌to 2016, has spread to a seventh province. Improved surveillance could lead to an increase in detected cases, while contact-tracing efforts had also increased, said Maria Van ‌Kerkhove, WHO's acting director of epidemic and pandemic threat management. "We have many, many months ahead of ​us," Van Kerkhove said. "This is far from over." Ebola epidemic in DR Congo is spreading 18 times faster than deadliest outbreak on record To display...