Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
ON THE RECORD · 15 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“We asked Russia to respond to that.”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · said 2026-10-07 · reported 2026-10-08
Tedros said the WHO asked Russia to respond to media reports of a second suspected case.
“We cannot ignore any reporting that comes,”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · said 2026-10-07 · reported 2026-10-08
Tedros emphasized the WHO's position on incoming reports about the suspected plague cases.
“We have received information from two media outlets, one of them is Russian,”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · said 2026-10-07 · reported 2026-10-08
Tedros spoke in a briefing about media reports of a second suspected case at the Irkutsk plague institute.
“The area is so vast that it’s hard to speak of a single epidemic,”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16
Tedros noted the difficulty of addressing the outbreak across a vast geographic area in North Kivu province.
“many outbreaks in many places”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists in an online news conference that cases were surging in North Kivu province.
“But make no mistake, the epidemic continues to grow and continues to kill”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16
Tedros warned that despite encouraging signs, the Ebola epidemic in the DRC was still spreading and causing deaths.
“We have to be frank: the outbreak is far from under control. It has pulled well ahead, and we are still playing catch-up. What worries me most is where people are dying: at home, within their communities, outside healthcare centers and off the lists of identified contacts,”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · said 2026-08-18 · reported 2026-08-20
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke about the severity of the Ebola outbreak in the DRC.
“an important example of global solidarity in action.”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the approval of 70,000 vaccine doses to help Congo combat an Ebola outbreak.
“has spread rapidly and the risk of further national and international spread remains high,”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · said 2026-08-18 · reported 2026-08-19
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned of the high risk of further spread during a WHO meeting regarding Congo's Ebola outbreak.
“We must be frank: The epidemic is far from being under control,”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · said 2026-08-18 · reported 2026-08-18
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressed an emergency meeting on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
“It had a big head start, and we are still playing catch-up.”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · said 2026-08-18 · reported 2026-08-18
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus discussed the difficulties in containing the ongoing Ebola epidemic.
“at its current pace”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · said 2026-08-12 · reported 2026-08-13
Tedros said the outbreak was on track to surpass the deadliest on record, which killed more than 11,000 people.
“With the main warehouse nonfunctional and the majority of medical supplies in Gaza depleted, WHO is severely constrained in adequately supporting hospitals, emergency medical teams and health partners, already critically short on medicines, fuel, and equipment.”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-21
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that WHO is severely constrained in supporting healthcare facilities in Gaza.
“WHO’s main warehouse located in Deir al Balah is within the evacuation zone, and was damaged yesterday when an attack caused explosions and a fire inside,”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-21
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported damage to WHO's main warehouse in Deir al-Balah following an attack.
“Drastic cuts in aid, coupled with misinformation about the safety of vaccines, threaten to unwind decades of progress,”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-15
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that international aid cuts and vaccine misinformation risk reversing progress in global immunization.