A medical worker dons protective boots at an Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Ituri province, where the Bundibugyo variant outbreak has surpassed 1,700 deaths. (EPA Images pic)GENEVA : The World Health Organization called Tuesday for more support across the board to combat the Ebola outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is still outpacing response efforts. “The outbreak is unfortunately still expanding beyond the capacity of the response,” WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told reporters in Geneva. The DRC’s 17th Ebola outbreak was declared on May 15 after several deaths in Ituri. Meanwhile a trial is also taking place of the antiviral drug obeldesivir, for people exposed to confirmed Bundibugyo cases.