Al Jazeera English August 24, 2026 • 02:15

Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope Leo urges global action to save lives - Al Jazeera

By Faisal Ali

Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope Leo urges global action to save lives - Al Jazeera

Case fatality rate climbs to nearly 48 percent in DRC, meaning almost one in two people infected with Ebola are dying.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached  5,515 confirmed cases of infection and killed 2,642 people, with 51 new cases detected in Ituri and North Kivu provinces,… [+3444 chars]

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