WHO urges Congo's neighbors to act immediately on Ebola risk

States neighboring Congo are at great danger from Ebola and should act immediately to counter the deadly virus, the head of the World Health Organization said Monday.

"Countries bordering (Congo) are at especially high risk and should take immediate action," said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding that he would travel on Tuesday to (Congo), the vast, central African country at the epicenter of the current outbreak.

"The outbreak is spreading rapidly," Tedros told a virtual m ...