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  "title": "Ebola outbreak in Congo spreads to 2 new health zones, bringing total to 60 areas affected",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/ebola-outbreak-in-congo-spreads-to-2-new-health-zones-bringing-total",
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  "summary": "The two new zones affected are Biena and Manguredjipa in Congo's North Kivu province, where the case fatality rate is much higher than the overall rate of 48%, due in part to delayed response efforts, according to Congo's Ministry of Health data.",
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