WHO chief fires back at Rubio over Ebola comments [View all]
Source: The Hill
05/20/26 7:20 PM ET
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief on Wednesday shot down Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comments alleging the agency was a “little late” to identify an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“We don’t replace the countries’ work, we only support them,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva, as reported by Politico. “It could be from lack of understanding of how [the International Health Regulations] work and [the] responsibilities of WHO and other entities,” he added, likely indirectly referencing Rubio’s comments.
Global officials are currently monitoring the hundreds of suspected cases of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There are currently 134 suspected deaths.
An American worker contracted the disease while working in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the CDC. The person was subsequently transported to Germany for care.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/5888428-who-rebuffs-rubio-ebola-claims/
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