Even without approved therapeutics, people are recovering from this disease, but of course, we could save many more lives with safe and effective therapeutics in our toolkit.
Heat stress is often called the 'silent killer' - and European homes, workplaces and schools were not built for these temperatures.
I said more than 1,300 excess deaths have been recorded since 21 June linked to high temperatures in Europe, and that heat stress is often called the 'silent killer' — European homes, workplaces and schools were not built for these temperatures.
I believe the risk to the rest of the world is low and there is no need to panic.
The outbreak is moving fast, and we are still playing catch-up. We need to stop the outbreak where it is, support countries that are responding today, and ensure that neighbouring countries are ready to detect and act quickly if cases appear. This is a serious outbreak and it's one we know how to stop, but we need to move fast and together.
Earlier this year, I urged foreign ministers planning to increase defence spending not to forget about the 'invisible enemy'.
A Bundibugyo vaccine could help to control this epidemic and strengthen preparedness for future outbreaks.
A Bundibugyo vaccine could help to control this epidemic and strengthen preparedness for future outbreaks.
We are in DR Congo to see how the response is running and if there are challenges to help. Communities in the centre of the outbreak understand the problems better and they know the solution as well. While we grieve for those we've lost, we must do everything we can so that we don't lose another, and get into a cycle of grief.
We are in the DR Congo to see how the response is running and if there are challenges to help.
I travelled from the outbreak-hit Ituri region to Kinshasa for talks on strengthening surveillance, contact tracing and emergency health measures aimed at containing the spread of Ebola.
The WHO could not build community trust or isolate the sick while bombs are falling.
I cannot build community trust or isolate the sick while bombs are falling. Stopping transmission in the region depends entirely on humanitarian access.
The risk in the wider region in Africa was high but remained low globally.
We are now revising our risk assessment to very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global level. So far, 82 cases have been confirmed in DRC, with seven confirmed deaths.
But we know the epidemic in the DRC is much larger.
We are now revising our risk assessment to very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global level.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: We know the scale of the epidemic in DRC is much larger.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: I am deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: I am deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic.
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