In an interview with FRANCE 24, Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa CDC, said the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo is "serious" but not "out of control". He warned that "no one is safe" if it is not stopped at the source and argued that the West would already have a vaccine if the disease had struck there.
Speaking to FRANCE 24 from Kinshasa, Kaseya said the response to the Ebola outbreak – which has killed at least 290 people – is "massive". The Africa CDC chief said that it was unclear whether the the outbreak has "reached the peak", pointing to transmission in displacement camps that response teams cannot reach.
