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Appreciated the opportunity provided by #DRC Prime Minister @SuminwaJudith to brief the diplomatic corps in #Kinshasa on the response to the #Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus. I updated ambassadors on my mission to Ituri, the province most affected by the outbreak, and on @WHO’s support to the government-led response. This includes scaling up disease surveillance, infection prevention and control, and patient care, including through an Ebola treatment centre inaugurated on Sunday. I urged the international community to provide the support needed to contain the outbreak in line with DRC’s leadership of the response, while using this crisis as an opportunity to strengthen the health system. I also encouraged countries not to impose travel restrictions on DRC, ensuring health and humanitarian assistance can reach the scale needed to bring the outbreak under control quickly. Solidarity is our strongest immunity against this outbreak.