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WHO head warns countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries to follow the WHO’s advice and recommendations, which include

WHO calls for community cooperation to contain Ebola outbreak in DRC

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus](https://www.theguardian.com/profile/tedros-adhanom), the organisation’s director general, made the plea on Sunday

French hantavirus patient is critically ill as outbreak grows to 11

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gives a press conference at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Tuesday, May 12, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com

Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo reach 282 as survivors describe their recoveries

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, visits health workers at the Evangelical Medical Centre (CEM) in Bunia, Congo

WHO to hold emergency committee meeting as Ebola death toll rises to 131

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the World Health Assembly in Geneva on Tuesday. A meeting of the WHO’s Emergency

WHO confirms 10 global hantavirus cases, Hondius crew remain symptom-free

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated that the “risk” to the global population is “low”. The captain

WHO chief calls for DRC ceasefire to tackle Ebola outbreak

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus [posted on social media](https://x.com/DrTedros/status/2059557343923167511) that the region was in the midst

WHO raises Ebola public health risk to ‘very high’ in DR Congo

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced on Friday that they were revising their risk assessment for the Bundibugyo

Ebola-hit DR Congo faces 'catastrophic collision' of disease and conflict, WHO warns

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the east of the country was at the centre of a "catastrophic

WHO says 12th person infected with hantavirus detected in the Netherlands

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO chief, told a news conference in Geneva on Friday that

WHO chief concerned over 'scale and speed' of Ebola outbreak

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

WHO says 600 suspected cases, 139 deaths in growing Ebola outbreak

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed to reporters that the virus remains a public health emergency of international

Ebola outbreak: When will a vaccine be developed for the new strain?

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Tuesday that he is “deeply concerned about the scale and speed

Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Tenerife

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived on Saturday evening in Tenerife with Spain’s interior and health

Spread of Ebola in DRC ‘outpacing’ response efforts, warns WHO

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, as he urged neighbouring countries to take immediate action. Addressing an online

DRC facing ‘catastrophic collision’ of Ebola and war, WHO chief warns

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X on Wednesday. So far, the global health watchdog has recorded

How health workers in DR Congo are treating Ebola and staying safe

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged communities to work with health authorities after [some local people attacked

DRC Ebola outbreak could have begun as early as January, WHO chief says

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said the response was being hindered by blanket travel restrictions and highlighted

WHO head ‘deeply concerned’ by Ebola outbreak as cases and deaths surge in DRC

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there had been at least 500 suspected cases of Ebola and 130 suspected

WHO chief lauds Uganda’s response to Ebola outbreak

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged the Ugandan authorities on Monday to continue assisting the neighbouring Democratic