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Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in Congo history

The Hill · August 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in Congo history

The Ebola outbreak in the Congo is now the deadliest in the country’s history, according to new government data released on Monday.

There have been a total of 4,945 confirmed cases and 2,325 deaths associated with this outbreak in the country since May.

This tops the previous record set during the 2018 outbreak in the...

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