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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief pledged to do “everything in my power” to help conquer a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as he headed to the African nation on Thursday.
In lengthy message to the Congolese people, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted that “together, we will overcome this outbreak”.
According to its latest figures up to May 24, the WHO has recorded 10 confirmed and 223 suspected Ebola deaths in the DR Congo since the outbreak was declared on May 15, out of more than 1,000 confirmed and suspected cases.
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