The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned on Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC continues to expand, with 1,406 confirmed cases and 438 deaths, as violence and mistrust threaten efforts to contain the virus.

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, says the current hantavirus outbreak poses a low public health risk globally.