An Ebola treatment center was burned down as the death toll in Congo passes 4,000
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has surpassed 4,000, making it the fastest-growing outbreak in history. Efforts to contain the virus are being hampered by strikes from unpaid health workers and the destruction of a treatment center by soldiers.
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The combination of civil unrest, lack of funding, and medical infrastructure destruction poses a severe threat to regional and global health security.
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Add as preferred source A healthcare worker in protective clothing is disinfected by a colleague inside a treatment center for Ebola patients in Beni, North Kivu province, eastern Congo, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. Credit: AP Photo/Sebastien Kitsa Musayi Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history .
The latest figures released by the Health Ministry on Thursday showed that 4,018 people have died among 8,300 cases recorded since the outbreak was declared in eastern Congo on May 15.
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