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Ebola cases in DR Congo top 3,200, nearing record of countryโ€™s worst outbreak

Confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of Congoโ€™s ongoing Ebola outbreak reached 3,262, its ministry of health said in an overnight update, nearly the same as the 2018-2020 outbreak that is the largest ever recorded in the country. Data from the Congolese health ministry showed that 1,437 patients have died out of the 3,262 cases, in what officials have said is the fastest Ebola outbreak on record, concentrated in the eastern Ituri province. The 2018-2020 outbreak that was recorded in Congo...

DRC Ebola cases surpass 2,000 as more health workers begin strike

Health workers in Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ituri province strike over unpaid wages as death toll rises to 754.