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  "id": 17426697,
  "title": "DR Congo Ebola deaths top 5,000, cases recorded in other African nations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/dr-congo-ebola-deaths-top-5-000-cases-recorded-in-other-african",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-31T15:14:49.000Z",
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    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3372849/dr-congo-ebola-deaths-top-5000-cases-recorded-other-african-nations"
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  "summary": "Deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’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. Data from the government’s Ministry of Health showed that the disease has killed 5,026 people out of 10,351 infected, at a nearly 50 per cent…",
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