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DRC Ebola outbreak surges past 6,000 cases as death toll nears 3,000

Congo has surpassed 6,000 confirmed cases and killed 2,911 people, making it the country's largest outbreak on record and one of the fastest-growing Ebola epidemics ever recorded.

DRC Ebola outbreak surges past 6,000 cases as death toll nears 3,000

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Congo has surpassed 6,000 confirmed cases and killed 2,911 people, making it the country's largest outbreak on record and one of the fastest-growing Ebola epidemics ever recorded.

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Congo has surpassed 6,000 confirmed cases and killed 2,911 people, making it the country's largest outbreak on record and one of the fastest-growing Ebola epidemics ever recorded.

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