Rubio says WHO was 'a little late' on identifying Ebola outbreak
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized the World Health Organization for being late in identifying a recent Ebola outbreak. He emphasized the importance of the CDC and WHO in the response, noting that the WHO took 10 days to confirm the outbreak. The U.S. plans to fund Ebola treatment centers in affected regions, despite challenges in accessing these areas due to ongoing conflicts.
- ▪Marco Rubio stated that the WHO was late in identifying the Ebola outbreak.
- ▪The U.S. plans to fund up to 50 Ebola treatment centers with $13 million in initial funding.
- ▪The WHO expressed concern about the scale and speed of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) that the World Health Organization, the UN body which President Donald Trump stopped funding, was late in identifying a deadly outbreak of Ebola.Asked by reporters how the United States would respond to the virus outbreak, Mr. Rubio said, “The lead is obviously going to be CDC (the Centers for Disease Control) and the World Health Organization, which was a little late to identify this thing unfortunately.”Mr. Trump, in one of his first acts on returning to office last year, set in motion a U.S.
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