The World Health Organization's chief stated that the Ebola epidemic is 'outpacing' response efforts, with 220 suspected deaths. He urged countries bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo, the outbreak's epicenter, to take immediate action as operations are urgently scaled up.

“We are ⁠urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment the epidemic is outpacing ​us,” WHO chief Mr. Tedros ‌said; he urged countries bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo — the epicentre of the outbreak — to take immediate action