Ebola spreading in DRC ‘faster than any previous outbreak
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July 16, 2026
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization warned Thursday that Ebola was spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo at a faster pace than during any previous outbreak of the deadly virus.
More than 2,000 cases including 796 deaths have been confirmed in the DR Congo since the outbreak was declared on May 15, making it “now the third-largest Ebola outbreak on record”, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, warning that “in the past month, it had expanded faster than any previous outbreak”.
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