Ebola outbreak in Congo spreads to a 7th province

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GUARDIAN MEDIA NEWSROOMJournalist at Guardian

September 11, 2026

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Ebola outbreak in Congo spreads to a 7th province

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The Ebola outbreak in Congo, the world’s fastest-growing outbreak of the disease on record, has now spread to seven provinces in the African country, local authorities said. And it’s showing no signs of slowing down.

According to the governor of the northwestern province of Sud-Ubangi, Jean-Rene Galekwa Vundawe, Congo’s national research institute tested a sample and found traces of the Bundibugyo virus, the rare kind of Ebola that caused the current outbreak.

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