WHO signals alarm over possible unreported Ebola cases in Tanzania

The WHO is on high alert about possible unreported Ebola cases in Tanzania. In an extraordinary statement issued Saturday, the agency pressed the country to deliver patient samples for testing at an outside laboratory. The statement pertains to a Tanzanian doctor who reportedly had Ebola-like symptoms and who died Sept. 8 after returning to her country from Uganda. Several of the woman’s contacts fell ill, but Tanzanian authorities maintain they tested negative for Ebola and have not yet shared the tests for independent verification. The alarm comes as the Ebola outbreak in neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo reaches its 14th month, with 3,160 cases reported and 2,114 deaths to date.