Wire reporting: (AP, via Africanews)

The World Health Organization said a nurse was killed and another health worker severely injured after they were attacked while responding to an Ebola alert in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africanews reported, carrying Associated Press copy².

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the attack took place Saturday in Bafwasende, in eastern Tshopo province, according to that account of a post he made Sunday on X².

Tedros said people working to protect communities from the disease must be able to work in safety and that health care must be protected².

Dr. Mohamed Yakub Janabi, WHO's regional director for Africa, also condemned the attack on X, saying misinformation and fear must not drive violence, Africanews reported².

Local authorities had not commented on the attack or on any suspects, the AP copy said².

Africanews, citing Congo's health ministry, said more than 9,800 cases and more than 4,700 deaths have been recorded since the outbreak began in May, which the report described as the country's deadliest Ebola outbreak².

The same account said the attack followed a village-centred response that some residents have resisted, including people who dismiss Ebola as a hoax, and that distrust of the government over past outbreaks and corruption is widespread². It described the incident as part of a series of attacks on health workers that authorities say is slowing the response².

The BBC URL listed with this story returned a different BBC Africa article, on Uganda requiring 21-day quarantine for citizens returning from DR Congo; WhatsNewPaper could not read BBC's assigned attack report in full¹.