WHO warns DRC Ebola outbreak spreading at 'unprecedented rate'
X-Risk Daily
Friday 07 August 2026
Biosecurity
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become the fastest-spreading in the disease's history, according to the World Health Organization, which has now killed 1,751 people.
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