Tedros Arrives in DRC, Asserts Ebola Outbreak Can Be Stopped With Aid

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Kinshasa and urged that the Ebola outbreak in the DRC can be stopped, pledging WHO support as relief efforts focus on Ituri amid conflict that complicates aid delivery. The Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine or treatment yet, though clinical trials are being considered, with vaccine readiness anticipated later in the year by AU officials. The outbreak has over 1,000 confirmed or suspected cases and, per WHO figures, 10 confirmed deaths and 223 suspected deaths. Aid is arriving—4.6 tonnes at Bunia and UNICEF plans 100 tonnes—to bolster response efforts.