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DW Africa · 2026-08-21

DRC Ebola outbreak 'growing exponentially,' UN says

The Ebola outbreak in the DRC is rapidly spreading in an area "bigger than France," according to a senior UN official. The WHO is providing the country with thousands of vaccine doses in a bid to contain the virus.

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