WHO chief says Ebola testing being scaled up in Congo

FILE PHOTO: Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during the opening session of the WHO's 79th World Health Assembly at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2026. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo

BERLIN, ⁠May 28 (Reuters) - The ⁠World Health Organization ‌said on Thursday on X that, in ​partnership with the ⁠national medical ⁠research organization of the ⁠Democratic ‌Republic of Congo, ⁠it is scaling up ​Ebola ‌diagnostic capacities in ⁠the ​country to help swiftly contain ⁠an outbreak.

WHO Director-General ​Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the effort aims ⁠to strengthen the laboratory network to deliver real-time ​data, rapidly ⁠identify confirmed cases ​and ‌save lives.

(Reporting by ​Kirsti KnolleEditing by Linda Pasquini)