Con­go’s Ebo­la out­break “had a big head start, and we’re still be­hind,” World Health Or­ga­ni­za­tion Di­rec­tor-Gen­er­al Tedros Ad­hanom Ghe­breye­sus said Wednes­day, but as­sert­ed that “we are catch­ing up” as test­ing im­proves.

Ac­cord­ing to Con­golese au­thor­i­ties, 344 cas­es in­clud­ing 60 deaths have been con­firmed of the rare Bundibu­gyo type of Ebo­la since the out­break was an­nounced in mid-May in the east­ern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu. The num­ber of sus­pect­ed cas­es is down from 906 to 116.

Neigh­bor­ing Ugan­da has 15 con­firmed cas­es in­clud­ing one death, its health min­istry said Tues­day.