WHO Urges Urgent Response to Escalating Ebola Outbreak in DRC

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Published: 2026-08-30
Category: health
Source: Biodefense Headlines (citing WHO)
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The WHO's Emergency Committee has called for an urgent operational reset regarding the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This outbreak is now the second-largest on record and is spreading at an unprecedented rate, signaling an intensifying public health emergency. The committee emphasizes the critical need for a more robust and effective response to contain the rapidly expanding disease.

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