Ebola outbreak on track to be deadliest ever, WHO chief says

The current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

Ashanom Ghebreyesus - director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) - has warned the outbreak is "already the second-biggest Ebola epidemic on record"

THE current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is heading towards becoming the deadliest ever, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. The director-general of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told reporters that the current outbreak could “eclipse” the death toll of the 20

The outbreak, declared on 15 May, has caused more than 2,000 deaths, with thousands more reported cases.

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo is on track to eclipse the deadliest one in history that killed over 11,000 people out of more than 28,000 cases, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday.