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Ebola Surge in Congo Hits Crisis Point | Monroe Louisiana News
Ebola is surging in Congo with over 6,000 cases and nearly 3,000 deaths—its fastest-growing outbreak ever. Amid chaos, insecurity, displaced populations, and health worker strikes, the virus has jumped into two new areas. The WHO warns it could surpass the 2014-2016 West Africa outbreak. Response teams face deadly attacks: last Saturday, gunmen with machetes ambushed a burial team, injuring one. There’s no vaccine or treatment for this rare Bundibugyo strain, so workers are being vaccinated with an experimental shot from another Ebola type while trials for a targeted vaccine begin. Listen in…
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