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Ebola cases top 1,000

Ebola cases top 1,000
Natalie Johnson
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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has now recorded more cases in its first month than any previous Ebola outbreak in Africa, according to a senior World Health Organization official today. Its rapid spread across eastern Congo has African health officials warning that the epidemic could surpass the 2014 to 2016 outbreak, which killed over 11,000 people.

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