{
  "id": 5535817,
  "title": "Ebola spread tracked using mobile phone data in Congo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/ebola-spread-tracked-using-mobile-phone-data-in-congo",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-04T10:07:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1548006/ebola-spread-tracked-using-mobile-phone-data-in-congo/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ebola health officials in Congo are using anonymous mobile phone data to track population movements. They want to predict where the virus could spread next. The World Health Organisation and researchers hope this method will improve outbreak response. It can also help officials focus their limited resources. Congo is facing its fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}