{
  "id": 16637354,
  "title": "Nurse killed in attack while responding to Ebola alert in DR Congo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/nurse-killed-in-attack-while-responding-to-ebola-alert-in-dr-congo-16637354",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-26T17:02:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/nurse-killed-in-attack-while-responding-to-ebola-alert-in-dr-congo/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A nurse and another healthcare worker were killed and injured respectively in an attack in northern Democratic Republic of Congo while they were responding to an Ebola alert. The attackers, local youths, accused them of contaminating water sources and spreading the Ebola virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) condemned the incident. Uganda has since banned non-essential travel to and from the country, and its citizens returning from there will be quarantined for 21 days. Over 4,800 people have died and nearly 10,000 infected since the outbreak began in May. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed concern over the safety of healthcare personnel. Such attacks are not uncommon in DR Congo, as recent cases include a politician being beaten to death for promoting Ebola prevention measures and Red Cross volunteers being injured and an ambulance set on fire. Recently, Kenya and Nigeria reported their first cases of Ebola linked to the current outbreak, with the Nigerian patient flown to Switzerland for treatment. Uganda has now imposed strict health screening measures for all travelers entering the country, including a 21-day quarantine for all returning Ugandans.",
  "summary": "A nurse has been killed and another health worker seriously injured in an attack as they were responding to an Ebola alert in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The two were targeted by local youths who accused them of contaminating water sources and spreading the Ebola virus, according to the UN-backed Radio Okapi. The World [...] The post Nurse killed in attack while responding to…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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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."
}