DRC Ebola outbreak nears 5,500 cases with fatality rate approaching 48 percent
X-Risk Daily
Monday 24 August 2026
Biosecurity
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached 5,515 confirmed cases and killed 2,642 people, according to the latest government figures cited by Al Jazeera, with 51 new cases detected in Ituri and North Kivu provinces.
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