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Fast-moving Ebola outpacing response efforts: WHO chief

The ‌head of the World Health Organisation says the fast-moving Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and ‌Uganda is outpacing response efforts, giving the latest number of suspected deaths as 220.

Addressing an online meeting of the African Union about the outbreak, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ‌said a delay in ‌detecting ⁠Ebola cases meant responders were now "playing ​catch-up" and the epidemic was likely to get worse before it gets better.

Tedros said he would travel to DR Congo - the epicentre of the outbreak - on Tuesday with another senior ⁠WHO official responsible for addressing ‌health ​emergencies, Chikwe Ihekweazu.

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