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Death toll in Congo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 4,000

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BUNIA, Congo — Congo’s Ebola crisis has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.

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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Congo's Ebola outbreak has now recorded more than 4,000 deaths as authorities struggle to contain the deadly virus (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Congo's Ebola outbreak has now recorded more than 4,000 deaths as authorities struggle to contain the deadly virus

  2. WTOP Washington DC

    Congo’s Ebola outbreak records more than 4,000 deaths as authorities struggle to contain the virus (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s Ebola outbreak has now recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities said as they struggle to contain the spread of the virus. The latest figures were released by the health ministry on Thursday.

  3. WFMZ Allentown

    Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 as health workers protest delayed payment (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo's Ebola outbreak has recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities said, as they struggle to contain the spread of the virus.

  4. CBS News

    Ebola death toll in Congo tops 4,000 in fastest-growing outbreak on record (opens CBS News)

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    Congo's Ebola outbreak has now recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities said, in what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history​.

  5. MedicalXpress

    An Ebola treatment center was burned down as the death toll in Congo passes 4,000 (opens MedicalXpress)

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    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.

  6. Al Jazeera

    Ebola death toll surpasses 4,000 as DR Congo struggles to suppress outbreak (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Burning of a Ebola-hit transit camp sends 19,000 fleeing, illustrating the difficulties of controlling epidemic.

  7. WKBN Youngstown

    Ebola treatment center burns down as death toll in Congo passes 4,000 (opens WKBN Youngstown)

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    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.

  8. New York Post

    Ebola treatment center burned as death toll in Congo surpasses 4,000 (opens New York Post)

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    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.

  9. Anchorage Daily News

    Ebola death toll in Congo passes 4,000, while a treatment center is burned down (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    The current outbreak is on track to exceed the deadliest on record. At least 50 health workers have died after contracting the virus.

  10. The Columbian

    Death toll in Congo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 4,000 (opens The Columbian)

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    BUNIA, Congo — Congo’s Ebola crisis has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.

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