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Suspected Ebola cases triple in a week as WHO warns of rapid spread in DRC

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director-general. On Thursday, tents and medical supplies outside a hospital

Ebola risk raised to 'very high' in DR Congo

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said the risk in the wider region in Africa was "high

Ebola death toll in DR Congo climbs to 101

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus flagged the region’s status as a mining zone with “high levels

‘It was either this or the pool’: hantavirus ship becomes latest Tenerife tourist attraction

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus repeated the refrain that the outbreak was “not the start of a Covid

Uganda confirms three new Ebola cases, bringing total to five

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the risk assessment for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola was being

Australians from hantavirus cruise ship to fly out of Netherlands in full PPE after plane and crew secured

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director general, told reporters on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports

More die of suspected Ebola as WHO warns that numbers will rise further

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. Speaking to journalists in Geneva, he said the outbreak

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DRC, Uganda a global emergency: What to know

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said neighbouring countries were “considered at high risk for further spread due to population

Ebola, hantavirus: Is the world prepared for the next pandemic?

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned in May 2025 that global health would be at serious risk

Infectious diseases such as hantavirus and Ebola becoming more frequent and damaging, say experts

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the opening of the UN agency’s World [Health](https://www.theguardian.com

‘It is heartbreaking’: panic in eastern DRC over return of Ebola

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, [declared](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/17/who-ebola-outbreak-congo-uganda-global-health-emergency) the outbreak a “public health emergency of international

US authorities say missionary who contracted Ebola en route to Germany

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was “deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic

Ebola may be spreading faster than first thought, WHO doctor warns

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who declared the outbreak an international emergency last week, said he was "deeply

US doctor who contracted Ebola in the DRC flown to Germany for treatment

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO’s director-general, said. “We know that the scale of the epidemic

Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks prompt raft of conspiracy theories in divided US

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus clashed on US international engagement after Rubio said the agency was a “little

Three Ebola vaccines in development amid growing outbreak fears

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, said: "A Bundibugyo vaccine

Ebola fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare type

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday. There are 139 suspected deaths and almost 600 suspected cases

US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), before even convening

WHO chief says suspected Ebola deaths at 220 as epidemic ‘outpacing us’

Tedros ⁠Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, adding that countries bordering the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Red Cross volunteers die from suspected Ebola in DR Congo

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said the risk in the wider region in Africa was "high