“The Virus Was Circulating Undetected”: WHO Chief Visits Ebola Facility In DRC | APT

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]I want to introduce you to the team that's been working very hard.

[00:00:23]>> I had a meeting yesterday with some community leaders.

[00:00:26]And people believe that this thing cannot be uh you know, people who have Ebola cannot be cannot recover.

[00:00:33]And what our colleague told us is this is wrong.

[00:00:38]They can give the medical care to help a patient recover.

[00:00:54]So, people can recover.

[00:00:56]Of course, we're working on vaccines and treatments, but that doesn't mean that people cannot recover from Ebola. So, that's I think a strong message.

[00:01:38]If you come to the facilities to health facilities when you have symptoms, you can get the support and recover.

[00:01:46]So, the key is to come forward as early as possible and to get the neces- necessary support. Through that, you can recover.

[00:01:56]So, we can stop this Ebola and anyone who has it can also recover. But, the rule the rule of the game is this thing is everybody's business and every citizen should be involved. They should You should believe that this is your issue.

[00:02:17]So, because of many factors the virus was circulating undetected.

[00:02:26]So, we have number of cases which is much higher than previous outbreaks before even it was detected. So, that makes it complex. But, not only that, there is displacement, there is conflict in this area that makes it complex. So, I think the response we do it should should be strong enough to catch up and and and stop the the outbreak.