Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reached Congo as health agencies intensified the response to the escalating Ebola outbreak. The visit comes amid rapid spread beyond monitored contacts, exposing severe gaps in tracing and access.

Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo surges, killing 1,700 and spreading rapidly amid community challenges and lack of treatment.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is spiralling out of control, with more than 1,700 deaths recorded in just 14 weeks and contact tracing failing to contain the virus.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is spiralling out of control, with more than 1,700 deaths recorded in just 14 weeks and contact tracing failing to contain the virus.

The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo to support measures being ramped up to slow the world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak.

When a team of Chinese medical experts landed Saturday at the airport in the capital city of Kinshasa, health officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo were on hand to greet them with open arms.