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Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak becomes the country’s worst with over 2,300 dead - AP News

Published by Associated Press By Associated Press · 17 August 2026 at 16:23
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Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak becomes the country’s worst with over 2,300 dead - AP News
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Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has now killed over 2,300 people. That toll released overnight makes it the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever recorded in the Central African nation. The outbreak has recorded 4,945 cases including 2,325 deaths. It is u…

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