{
  "id": 11721660,
  "title": "France pledges more support to fight DRC Ebola outbreak as deaths top 4,000",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/france-pledges-more-support-to-fight-drc-ebola-outbreak-as-deaths-top",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-03T15:58:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20261003-france-pledges-more-support-to-fight-drc-ebola-outbreak-as-deaths-top-4-000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "France will step up its support for efforts to control Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Saturday during a visit to a region hit by the virus. The outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, Congolese authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}