Brazil investigates possible Ebola cases amid scramble to contain outbreak

The World Health Organization’s top doctor has traveled to the Ebola hot spot to help bring the unfolding crisis under control as authorities in Brazil said they were looking into two suspected cases

The World Health Organization’s top doctor has traveled to the Ebola hot spot to help bring the unfolding crisis under control as authorities in Brazil said they were looking into two suspected cases.

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Meanwhile, the International Rescue Committee, a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization, warned that the outbreak is likely significantly larger and more advanced than official figures suggest because of delayed detection and poor contact tracing.

“With only 20% of contacts currently being traced, health authorities are struggling to identify and isolate new chains of transmission,” it said in a statement Monday.