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  "id": 1744031,
  "title": "WHO chief warns DR Congo Ebola outbreak ‘far from being under control’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/who-chief-warns-dr-congo-ebola-outbreak-far-from-being-under-control",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-18T15:45:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3364476/who-chief-warns-dr-congo-ebola-outbreak-far-being-under-control"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is moving faster than any previous epidemic of the disease and risks spreading to more countries, the head of the World Health Organization has warned. “We must be frank: the epidemic is far from being under control,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told an emergency meeting on the outbreak on Tuesday. “It had a big head…",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country's history",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-becomes-deadliest-in-countrys-history-1431347",
        "published": "2026-08-17T05:38:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country’s history",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-becomes-deadliest-in-countrys-history-1429635",
        "published": "2026-08-17T05:41:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Semafor",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country's history",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-becomes-deadliest-in-countrys-history-1577006",
        "published": "2026-08-17T22:30:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Chronicle Ghana",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country’s history",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-becomes-deadliest-in-countrys-history",
        "published": "2026-08-18T09:17:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "WHO says Congo Ebola outbreak can still be brought under control within three months",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/who-says-congo-ebola-outbreak-can-still-be-brought-under-control-1702357",
        "published": "2026-08-18T11:46:12.000Z"
      }
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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."
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