New Delhi, May 30 -- World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday (local time) visited Bunia in eastern Congo, a city at the centre of an outbreak of a rare strain of Ebola.

In Bunia, the virus is spreading faster than the response, despite better-organized health facilities and the arrival of new aid, PTI reported. Tedros stressed the importance of building community trust and ensuring safe burials to curb the spread of the outbreak. He also urged nations to reconsider travel bans and border closures, saying such measures discourage transparency.

His remarks came as several countries announced travel restrictions amid the outbreak. Apart from the US, Canada, the Bahamas, Jordan, and Bahrain ha...