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At least 2,000 die in DR Congo's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record

Health workers stand in a new Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, DR Congo, on May 31, 2026.
Health workers stand in a new Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, DR Congo. © Glody Murhabazi, AFP

At least 2,000 people have died in Congo’s Ebola outbreak – the fastest-growing on record, according to the latest data – as health authorities struggle to get help to remote localities due to rebel conflict, bad roads and work stoppages over payment issues.

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed 2,011 people out of 4,381 confirmed cases of the virus, Congolese officials said on Tuesday.

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