WHO chief visits Ebola-hit Uganda

Key points

• The head of the World Health Organization on Monday (June 8, 2026) visited Uganda, where a deadly Ebola outbreak has killed two people after spreading from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
• The WHO has declared an international health emergency over the current outbreak, which was announced on May 15 in the northeastern DRC.
• WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recently also visited the DRC, which has seen 515 confirmed Ebola infections, including 91 deaths, according to the UN health agency.
• “I am in Uganda, where the government has mounted a prompt and capable response to the outbreak of Ebola,” Mr. Tedros wrote on X.
• “Screening at the borders helped detect cases arriving from neighbouring DRC, and the country’s surveillance, testing and case management systems are doing steady work,” he said.