{
  "id": 1394769,
  "title": "Ebola ragut 2,325 nyawa di Congo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/ebola-ragut-2-325-nyawa-di-congo",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-17T01:23:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/dunia/2026/08/17/ebola-ragut-2-325-nyawa-di-congo"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Congo has recorded 2,325 deaths, or 47% of the 4,945 confirmed Ebola cases since the outbreak began in May. The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has claimed the highest number of lives ever recorded in the country, reports Xinhua. The DRC has recorded 4,945 confirmed cases, including 2,325 deaths since the outbreak began, making the death rate 47%, according to the country's health authorities' statement on Sunday. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC from 2018 to 2020 recorded 3,481 cases, including 2,299 deaths. This ongoing outbreak, the 17th in DRC since the virus was first identified in the country in 1976, was officially declared on May 15 and originated from the Bundibugyo species of Ebola virus. The outbreak has affected 55 health zones in six regions, namely Ituri, North Kivu, Haut-Uele, Tshopo, South Kivu, and Bas-Uele. WHO warns that the Ebola outbreak in DRC could be the worst ever recorded. It is now the second-largest Ebola epidemic ever recorded and is spreading faster than any previous Ebola outbreak. If the current rate continues, it is expected to surpass the West Africa Ebola outbreak from 2014 to 2016, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a media briefing in Geneva on Wednesday. The 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola epidemic, the largest ever recorded, infected over 28,600 people.",
  "summary": "Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia memberi amaran ia kini menjadi epidemik Ebola kedua terbesar pernah direkodkan dan merebak lebih pantas berbanding mana-mana wabak Ebola sebelum ini.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}