# Nearly half of Ebola patients dying in DR Congo outbreak

https://mins.news/en/item/30806

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-24 17:00 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/24/nearly-one-in-two-ebola-patients-dying-in-dr-congo-outbreak?traffic_source=rss

> Government figures from the Democratic Republic of the Congo show that almost half of those infected with Ebola are dying. The outbreak has become the deadliest in the country’s history.

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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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