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Over 1,000 people have died in Congo's Ebola outbreak

NPR | By Emmet Livingstone
Published July 23, 2026 at 4:45 AM EDT

Congo's Ebola outbreak has crossed the grim 1,000-death threshold, marking the fastest fatal surge in recorded history of the virus and raising fears the outbreak is entering a dangerous new phase.

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