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Health

Ebola outbreak in Congo deemed fastest-spreading on record

CBC Health · August 12, 2026 at 10:02 p.m.

Ebola outbreak in Congo deemed fastest-spreading on record

Over 2,000 dead in Congo in fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak on record

The Democratic Republic of Congo has now recorded over 2,000 deaths in what the World Health Organization is calling the fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak on record.

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