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  "id": 17392314,
  "title": "Congo's Ebola deaths top 5,000 as fear of continent-wide spread mounts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/congos-ebola-deaths-top-5-000-as-fear-of-continent-wide-spread-mounts",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-31T11:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "Deaths in Congo's Ebola outbreak have topped 5,000 as the country grapples with the relentless spread of the disease and cases are recorded in other African countries, the latest government data on Saturday shows.",
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        "published": "2026-10-30T14:33:26.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak kills more than 5,000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo",
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        "published": "2026-10-30T22:47:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "DR Congo Ebola outbreak death toll passes 5,000",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/dr-congo-ebola-outbreak-death-toll-passes-5-000-17309725",
        "published": "2026-10-30T22:50:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Ebola death toll in DR Congo passes 5,000",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/ebola-death-toll-in-dr-congo-passes-5-000",
        "published": "2026-10-31T02:51:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Congo’s Ebola deaths top 5,000 as worry of continent-wide spread mounts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/congos-ebola-deaths-top-5-000-as-worry-of-continent-wide-spread-mounts",
        "published": "2026-10-31T08:25:48.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Congo Ebola outbreak kills more than 5 000",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/congo-ebola-outbreak-kills-more-than-5-000",
        "published": "2026-10-31T08:43:42.000Z"
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