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Ebola cases surpass 8,000 in DR Congo outbreak
Original: Ebola cases surpass 8,000 as DRC struggles to control outbreak
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has surpassed 8,000 cases, with health authorities struggling to bring the spread under control. The milestone underscores the difficulty of containing the virus amid challenging conditions on the ground, and the figure is drawing renewed international attention to the response effort and the growing humanitarian toll.
Why now: The case count crossing 8,000 marks a grim milestone in an ongoing outbreak that health workers have so far failed to contain.
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- Ebola cases surpass 8,000 as DRC struggles to control outbreak · Al Jazeera
- Ebola cases surpass 8,000 as DRC struggles to control outbreak · Al Jazeera
- Ebola cases surpass 8,000 as DRC struggles to control outbreak · Yahoo
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