### [2026-07-22](/feed/2026/07/22/index.md)

##### 2026 Ebola epidemic
# African CDC director Jean Kaseya reports that the death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached past 1,000. 




### Sources:

1. [AP](https://apnews.com/article/congo-ebola-bundibugyo-ituri-154413267e8816b82c7561c352b90321)

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