WHO says it needs 5,000 more healthworkers to tackle Ebola in DRC

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September 8, 2026

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WHO says it needs 5,000 more healthworkers to tackle Ebola in DRC

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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)—The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it needed 5,000 extra health workers to help tackle the highly contagious Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The outbreak, officially detected in mid-May, has spread to six provinces in the country’s conflict-plagued east and northeast.

Since May 15, the virus has killed 3,175 people among the more than 6,600 confirmed infected, the WHO said, citing official Congolese figures.

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