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The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed his concern over the Ebola outbreak in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) due to active conflict in the region. WHO

World Health Organization (WHO) top officials and experts are on the ground today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to see the ongoing Ebola response and discuss areas that need particular support. WHO

The Ministry of Public Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today announced the launch of Ebola vaccinations for high risk populations in North Kivu province. WHO

The Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, told reporters that that the number of confirmed Ebola cases from the most recent outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, stands at 16, with a probable 27 additional cases, a total of 43 cases, including 34 deaths. UNIFEED / FILE

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

A top UN official warned that an attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in Yemen in the key port city of Hudaydah has put hundreds of thousands of people at risk and damaged efforts to prevent a third cholera epidemic in the war-torn country. UNTV CH

The World Health Organization (WHO) today said that protecting people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from the latest Ebola Virus outbreak is going to be “very, very complex”, given the huge logistical challenges and ongoing conflict. WHO

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The World Health Organization said that preliminary laboratory results indicate a cluster of cases of Ebola virus in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). UNIFEED / FILE

Noon briefing by Eri Kaneko, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.