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Congo's Ebola cases surpass 10,000 as fears grow of wider African spread

📍 DR Congo, CD·🕐 3h ago·7 outlets

Oct 27 - The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has risen above 10,000, government data showed on Tuesday, a milestone that coincides with growing fears the epidemic could spread to more African countries.

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[Claude] Reports 2 and 3 both cover the same milestone of Congo's Ebola cases passing 10,000 and agree with Report 1 on the core figure.

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Also reported by newsday.com (found in GDELT's list of news articles)

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