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Africa Ebola outbreak passes 10,000 confirmed cases

RTE27 October 2026, 18:41 UTCDemocratic Republic of the Congo

Africa's latest outbreak of Ebola has passed 10,000 confirmed cases, the vast majority of them in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Congolese health authorities said, resulting in almost 5,000 fatalities.

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