# Congo Ebola outbreak a ‘global emergency’ as cases pass 5,000: WHO

https://mins.news/en/item/25524

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-18 21:24 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/18/congo-ebola-outbreak-global-emergency-as-infections-pass-5000-who?traffic_source=rss

> The WHO says the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains a global health emergency after cases surpassed 5,000 and deaths exceeded 2,320. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the epidemic is far from controlled and that unidentified transmission chains are still spreading the disease.

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