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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Drc faces catastrophic collision of conflict and ebola outbreak who warns - What They Never Told You

The Uganda Red Cross Society during the evacuation of the body of a suspected Ebola victim in Kampala, 26 May. Cases in Uganda have been linked to travellers from neighbouring DRC.
The Uganda Red Cross Society during the evacuation of the body of a suspected Ebola victim in Kampala, 26 May. Cases in Uganda have been linked to travellers from neighbouring DRC. AFP - BADRU KATUMBA

The World Health Organization chief warned on Wednesday that conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was dramatically complicating efforts to rein in a deadly Ebola outbreak, and urged an immediate ceasefire.

"Eastern DRC now faces a catastrophic collision of disease and conflict, with the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on X (formerly Twitter).

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