Congo’s Ebola infections cross 8,000, government says

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) doctors treat a patient inside the Kitatumba Ebola treatment centre as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo species, in Butembo, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo on September 23, 2026. 

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