The outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is “extremely serious and difficult” to manage, the head of the World Health Organization said Monday, warning that the epidemic is currently spreading faster than response operations are taking place, reports Anadolu.

“We are urgently expanding operations, but at the moment the outbreak is progressing faster than us,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Ghebreyesus.

He said 101 confirmed cases and ten deaths have so far been recorded in Congo, but warned that the real scale of the outbreak is significantly higher.

“There are more than 900 suspected cases and 220 suspected deaths,” he said.

Earlier, health authorities warned that the epidemic was continuing to spread in parts of Africa, with neighboring countries also affected.

Ten countries, including Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Zambia, are facing the risk of an Ebola outbreak, according to the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

The WHO also warned that, while the risk of global spread remains low, the situation is being monitored. closely due to the number of cases, infections among health workers and outbreaks in urban areas.

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