{
  "id": 328113,
  "title": "Ebola cases near 4,000 as DRC struggles to contain fast-spreading outbreak",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/ebola-cases-near-4-000-as-drc-struggles-to-contain-fast-spreading",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-06T11:25:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20260806-ebola-cases-near-4-000-as-drc-struggles-to-contain-fast-spreading-outbreak"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading faster than efforts to fight it, the head of the World Health Organization has warned, with nearly 4,000 confirmed cases so far. With five provinces known to be affected, authorities in Kinshasa are concerned about the deadly virus reaching the capital.",
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "One man works to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and he’s doing it unpaid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/one-man-works-to-slow-the-fastest-growing-ebola-outbreak-in-history",
        "published": "2026-08-07T05:23:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}