WHO on Ebola Outbreak
  • The WHO stated the Ebola outbreak in DRC may be four times larger than reported
  • Official figures report over 1,960 infections and 700 deaths since mid-May
  • WHO emergencies director Chikwe Ihekweazu highlighted potential underreporting
What is being done to locate the missing cases?

The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday the true extent of the deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be four times larger than official figures suggest.

According to the DRC's latest official figures, the outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever has infected more than 1,960 people and killed over 700 since it was detected in mid-May, but the WHO's emergencies director Chikwe Ihekweazu said WHO modelling indicated "the scale of the outbreak is at least two to four times the number of cases that we have found".

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