GENEVA, Switzerland – World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a pressing alert Wednesday, emphasizing that the ongoing Ebola outbreak in central Africa, which has already claimed 61 lives, gained significant unregulated traction before detection, leaving response teams scrambling to catch up. The outbreak was officially declared in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on May 15, but senior health officials confirmed the virus had circulated undetected for weeks or even months prior to the announcement.