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WHO worried about ‘scale and speed’ of Ebola outbreak

A health worker checks a visitor’s temperature using a thermoflash outside of Kyeshero Hospital in Goma, DR Congo, on May 18, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

KINSHASA - The World Health Organization chief voiced concern on Tuesday about the “scale and speed” of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has killed an estimated 131 people.

The WHO has declared the surge of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever an international health emergency and will hold an emergency meeting on the crisis on Tuesday.

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