{
  "id": 1489100,
  "title": "Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak becomes the country’s worst with over 2,300 dead",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/congos-fast-moving-ebola-outbreak-becomes-the-countrys-worst-with",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-17T13:24:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/2026/08/17/congos-fast-moving-ebola-outbreak-becomes-the-countrys-worst-with-over-2300-dead"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Congo is experiencing its deadliest Ebola outbreak on record, with over 2,300 people dead. The fast-moving disease has infected 4,945 individuals, outpacing any previous outbreak in the Central African nation. The current outbreak, which has ravaged six provinces in eastern Congo, is now the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}