{
  "id": 16673493,
  "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-16673493",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-26T21:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/nurse-killed-in-attack-while-responding-to-ebola-alert-in-dr-congo-2/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a tragic incident, a nurse was killed and another health worker seriously injured while responding to an Ebola alert in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Local youths accused the medical personnel of contaminating water sources and spreading the Ebola virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) condemned the attack, emphasizing the need for healthcare workers to carry out their duties safely and in dignity. Uganda, neighboring the DRC, has implemented travel restrictions, banning non-essential travel to and from the DRC and quarantining citizens returning from the region for 21 days. The WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, expressed condolences to the affected family and worker. This is not the first such attack in the DRC; a politician was beaten to death last month, and Red Cross volunteers were injured in 11 violent incidents during the first 100 days of the outbreak. The virus has claimed over 4,800 lives and infected nearly 10,000 people in the DRC since May.",
  "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 […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-26T17:02:58.000Z"
      }
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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."
}