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WHO worried about 'scale and speed' of Ebola outbreak

France24 · · 222 words · By Video by Delano D'SOUZA
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“the Democratic Republic of Congo in the grips of an Ebola outbreak”
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Multiple independent news sources (Al Jazeera, The Hindu, Flipboard) confirm that the Democratic Republic of Congo is grappling with an Ebola outbreak, specifically noting it as the 17th outbreak since 1976. Wikipedia further confirms the history of outbreaks in the region.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In August–November 1976, an outbreak of Ebola virus disease occurred in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The first recorded case was from Yambuku, a small village in Mongala District,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Zaire_Ebola_virus_outbrea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In May 2026, an epidemic of Ebola was reported in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Imported cases from Ituri have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's cap…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ituri_Province_Ebola_epid…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ebola River ( or ), also commonly known by its Ngbandi name Legbala, is the headstream of the Mongala River, a tributary of the Congo River, in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is ro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_River
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“WHO worried about 'scale and speed' of Ebola outbreak”
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The specific quote regarding the 'scale and speed' of the outbreak is reported by Deutsche Welle. While other sources confirm the existence of the outbreak and the nature of the virus, no other independent source in the provided evidence corroborates this specific statement from the WHO Director General.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Quarantine Unit (NQU) is a federally funded quarantine and isolation facility in the United States located at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha, Nebraska. It is pa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Quarantine_Unit
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses. Symp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of Ebola outbreaks records the known occurrences of Ebola virus disease, a highly infectious and acutely lethal viral disease that has afflicted humans and animals primarily in equatorial Af…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks
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