The head of the WHO believes the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo could have begun as early as January, giving the virus a significant head start.

<p>Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the virus ‘had a big head start’ but that the response was catching up</p><p>The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could have begun as early as January, the head of the World Health Organization said, giving the virus “a big head start”.</p><p>Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said the response was being hindered by blanket travel restrictions and highlighted high levels of community mistrust and low levels of contact tracing as key conce...