One in four Ebola cases undetected in Congo: WHO

A suspected Ebola patient stands behind a plastic screen at an Ebola treatment center in Butembo, DRC. [File, Reuters]

Roughly a quarter of Ebola infections in eastern Congo are estimated to be going undetected or found too late, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Thursday.

But the WHO, in a weekly update issued subsequently, said there were “early signs” of an easing of the intensity with which the virus is spreading following weeks of insecurity that curbed access to communities and interrupted vaccination.