# Africa CDC calls crisis meeting as Ebola spreads

https://mins.news/en/item/110743

- DW, 2026-10-22 08:16 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/africa-cdc-calls-crisis-meeting-as-ebola-spreads/a-79728604?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Africa CDC will hold an extraordinary virtual meeting of national health officials on October 28 as an Ebola outbreak spreads across Africa. More than 9,500 people have been infected since the virus was confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May, and nearly half have died. The outbreak has reached four countries, including Nigeria.

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- [Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://mins.news/en/topic/dr-congo-ebola-outbreak) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/dr-congo-ebola-outbreak.md

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