Ebola vaccines will be shipped as quickly as possible to Congo as the number of suspected cases in the latest outbreak grows, the head of the World Health Organization said Friday as the agency prepared for a "worst-case scenario." WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus in a Twitter post said the agreement was made in a phone call with Congo's health minister on Thursday. Two cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the latest outbreak in a remote northwestern part of Congo. On Friday, the health ministry announced one new suspected case in Bikoro and a second in the Iboko health zone. While the risk of the latest outbreak spreading into other countries is low, nine nearby countries have been put on high alert, Salama said.

Source: ABC News May 11, 2018 08:56 UTC