Ebola cases in Congo exceed 5,000, government data shows

Kinshasa [DRC], August 20: The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the ​Democratic Republic of Congo now exceeds 5,000, government data showed late on Tuesday, as health officials warn that response efforts are failing to ​contain the deadly disease, Reuters reported.
Congo's 17th Ebola epidemic ​turned into the biggest in the country's ⁠history in terms of number of ​cases in late July and over the weekend ​the death toll hit 2,378, the public health institute said, surpassing the previous worst outbreak in 2018-2020.
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