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Congo announces end to its 11th deadly Ebola outbreak

by Jean-Yves KamaleCarley Petesch
| November 18, 2020 2:30 AM

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo has declared an end to its 11th Ebola outbreak, this one in western Equateur province, nearly six months after cases were reported and amid the rise of COVID-19 in the Central African nation. This is the first time Congo is Ebola-free in about two and a half years.

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