# WHO says Ebola outbreak in DR Congo began three months before official declaration

https://mins.news/en/item/18492

- France 24, 2026-08-10 20:26 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/ebola-started-3-months-earlier-than-official-declaration

> The World Health Organization says genetic sequencing indicates that the rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo began roughly three months before authorities officially declared it in May. Zambia is entering a decisive week as voters prepare for elections. In Rwanda, one mine has emerged as a major supplier of tungsten to the United States, a metal regarded as critical to the defence industry. The developments bring together a public-health warning, an electoral moment and a strategically important mineral supply chain.

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