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More health workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo near 3,000, including over 1,300 deaths

Health workers disinfect a coffin of an Ebola victim at Ebola Treatment Center at Bunia General Hospital in Ituri, Congo, Wednesday, July 22, 2026.
Health workers disinfect a coffin of an Ebola victim at Ebola Treatment Center at Bunia General Hospital in Ituri, Congo, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonn - Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne

Health workers at an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo went on strike Saturday over payment issues, disrupting care for patients in the epicenter of the country’s rapidly growing outbreak.

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached 2,973, including 1,309 deaths, according to government data released on Friday, in what authorities describe as the fastest-growing outbreak on record.

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