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Congo's Ebola infections cross 8,000, government says

Pakistan Published 28 September 2026, 12:01 · archived 28 Sep 2026

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen above 8,000 for the first time in the Central African country’s ongoing outbreak, government data showed on Monday. The latest situation report from the public health institute put the number of cases at 8,067 and deaths at 3,901. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, became the largest and deadliest in Congo’s history after surpassing the 2018-2020 epidemic. Worst DR Congo Ebola epidemic ever passes 7,000 cases It is second only to the 2014-2016 West African outbreak, which infected over 28,60...

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