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  "id": 2147339,
  "title": "DRC’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases, outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/drcs-ebola-outbreak-reaches-5-000-cases-outpaces-response-efforts-at",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T13:25:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
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    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260820-drc-s-ebola-outbreak-reaches-5-000-cases-outpaces-response-efforts-at-unprecedented-speed"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 5,000 cases, government data showed Wednesday, as responders warn it is spreading at an unprecedented speed outpacing efforts to slow it in one of the country’s remotest regions. Data from Congo’s Ministry of Health showed the outbreak had so far recorded 5,021 cases, including 2,378 deaths as of Sunday, as it rages in some of the most challenging…",
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Ebola cases in Congo exceed 5,000, government data shows",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/ebola-cases-in-congo-exceed-5-000-government-data-shows",
        "published": "2026-08-20T03:33:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "DR Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ebola vaccine used in past outbreaks, WHO says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/dr-congo-to-receive-70-000-doses-of-ebola-vaccine-used-in-past",
        "published": "2026-08-20T14:08:41.000Z"
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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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