WHO awaits six tons of Ebola supplies to Congo as outbreak grows

"We have sent 12 tons of supply. An additional six ⁠are ​arriving today. ⁠These include personal protective equipment for ⁠frontline health workers (and) samples," said Anne Ancia, ​WHO Representative in the Democratic Republic ⁠of the Congo's Ituri province. She said efforts ⁠were ​underway to scale up surveillance, testing and contact tracing ⁠amid what she described as "great uncertainty as ⁠to ⁠the scale and extent of this outbreak."

​A World ​Health Organization official ‌said that ​six tons of supplies to fight ‌Ebola were set to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo on ‌Tuesday, including personal protective equipment and ‌other medical supplies. "We have sent 12 tons of supply. An additional six ⁠are ​arriving today. ⁠These include personal protective equipment for ⁠frontline health workers (and) samples," said Anne Ancia, ​WHO Representative in the Democratic Republic ⁠of the Congo's Ituri province.

She said efforts ⁠were ​underway to scale up surveillance, testing and contact tracing ⁠amid what she described as "great uncertainty as ⁠to ⁠the scale and extent of this outbreak."