Ebola outbreak on track to be deadliest ever

The current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. We speak to our reporter in the DRC, and hear from an aid worker.

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Presenter: Luke Jones.

(Photo: Volunteer health workers attend an Ebola emergency-response training session conducted by Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) at its simulation centre in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County, Kenya, 05 August 2026. Credit: Daniel Irungu/ EPA)