Africa: Ebola outbreak kills more than 5,300 people
Africa’s latest Ebola outbreak has killed more than 5,300 people, the vast majority of them in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the continent’s top health agency. In mid-May, the DRC declared its 17th Ebola outbreak, a deadly disease transmitted through contact with bodily fluids that causes haemorrhagic fever and has killed more than…
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[Claude] All three later reports cover the same Ebola outbreak death toll and spread, with no conflicting facts (Report 3 says it reached Nigeria while Report 4 says two Nigeria tests were negative, which is n
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