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The Ebola outbreak in Congo accumulates more cases than any other in the first month

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Health workers carry the coffin of a person suspected of dying of Ebola to the displaced persons camp in Kigonze, Bunia, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Healthcare workers carrying the coffin of a person suspected of dying from Ebola in the Kigonze displaced persons camp, Bunia, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Gradel Muyisa Mumbere / Reuters
23/06/2026
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The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded the highest number of confirmed cases ever reached in the first month of an outbreak of this disease. This was reported by a senior WHO official, who attributed the increase to rapid spread in urban areas.

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