# The World Health Organisation warns that the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo now faces a catastrophic collision of disease and conflict, with the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response. There have been 223 suspected deaths in the DRC and Uganda. Ituri has been under military rule since 2021, while the outbreak has also spread to controlled Rwandan-backed M23 group areas in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says they cannot build community trust or isolate the sick while bombs are falling.
WHO chief warns that the ongoing conflict in the DRC is hampering the Ebola response