According to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the DRC Ebola epidemic is far from being under control and response efforts are still catching up due to the outbreak's early head start.

multiple outlets, traced to a single source · Attributed statement · first recorded Aug 18, 10:30 PM

Although several outlets carry this claim, their reporting traces back to a single shared source — so it counts as one confirmation, not several.

How each outlet reported it

Al JazeeraLean left · Aug 18, 10:02 PM

The epidemic is far from being under control

Cites: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · Details: direct quote: 'far from being under control'; at emergency meeting

Al JazeeraLean left · Aug 18, 10:02 PM

The epidemic had a big head start and response efforts are still catching up

Cites: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · Details: direct quote: 'big head start, and we are still playing catch-up'