The head of the World Health Organization arrived in eastern Congo’s Bunia on Saturday, a city at the centre of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus continues to spread faster than the response despite better-organised health facilities and new aid arrivals.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is expected to visit a treatment centre and meet local authorities, health workers and affected families in Bunia, the epicentre of the outbreak in Ituri province.
“The best way to address this is to provide all the necessary support to fight the disease at its epicentre and to continue offering every assistance needed,” Tedros told reporters late Friday.
The WHO said on Friday that authorities have reported 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths. The Bundibugyo virus, the current strain of Ebola, has no approved treatment or vaccine.
