# Explainer: How Congo’s Ebola outbreak became the second-most lethal on record

https://mins.news/en/item/24364

- Reuters, 2026-08-17 16:35 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/how-congos-ebola-outbreak-became-second-most-lethal-record-2026-08-17/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a83383baa1ab60001e2e4a1

> The ongoing Ebola outbreak is now the second-deadliest recorded and the deadliest in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Only the 2014-16 epidemic in West Africa caused more deaths.

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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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