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Associated Press

Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak becomes the country's worst with over 2,300 dead

Congo families mourn as Ebola outbreak accelerates, in photos - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has now killed over 2,300 people and become the deadliest outbreak of the disease on record in the Central African nation.

The outbreak unfolding in one of Congo’s most vulnerable regions is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever, with 4,945 cases including 2,325 deaths, according to government data released overnight into Monday.

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