{
  "id": 225274,
  "title": "Congo escalates Ebola response as record outbreak spreads",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/congo-escalates-ebola-response-as-record-outbreak-spreads",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-06T14:30:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Moneyweb",
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    "url": "https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/africa/congo-escalates-ebola-response-as-record-outbreak-spreads/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Congo has recorded almost 4 000 Ebola cases and more than 1 800 deaths from the disease since the latest outbreak of the haemorrhagic virus was declared in mid-May.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Why DRC's Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than before",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/why-drcs-ebola-outbreak-is-spreading-faster-than-before",
        "published": "2026-08-06T05:59:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "WHO chief: Ebola outbreak in DRC spreading at ‘unprecedented rate’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/who-chief-ebola-outbreak-in-drc-spreading-at-unprecedented-rate",
        "published": "2026-08-06T20:52:53.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}