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Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope Leo urges global action to save lives

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Published by Al Jazeera English By Faisal Ali · 24 August 2026 at 05:02

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Case fatality rate climbs to nearly 48 percent in DRC, meaning almost one in two people infected with Ebola are dying.

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