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DR Congo Ebola outbreak kills more than 1,700 as WHO accelerates trials

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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed more than one thousand seven hundred people, with the World Health Organization moving to speed up vaccine trials in response. Nearly ninety percent of reported cases are concentrated in the eastern province of Ituri.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/4/dr-congo-ebola-ou...

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