WHO chief denounces latest deadly attack on DR Congo Ebola centre

The head of the World Health Organization denounced a deadly attack Saturday on an Ebola treatment centre in eastern DR Congo, during a visit to the site hours after the raid.

Gunmen attacked the centre at Butembo, North Kivu province, earlier Saturday, killing a policeman and wounding a health worker, local officials said, the latest in a series of attacks.

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking after his four-hour visit to the Butembo clinic, told reporters that the violence in the region was undermining the early progress they had made in fighting the outbreak.

In a statement issued later, he said: "These are not attacks by the community, they are attacks on the community."
"They do not deserve to suffer in their homes while infecting their loved ones, they do not deserve to suffer in inadequately resourced health centres while infecting health workers."