# UK pledges additional £50 million to help contain Ebola outbreak in Congo

https://mins.news/en/item/41041

- Reuters, 2026-09-01 22:01 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/uk-pledges-additional-50-million-help-contain-ebola-outbreak-congo-2026-09-01/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a974b472732d80001674371

> The UK said Tuesday it would provide more than £50 million ($67.56 million) in new funding to help contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Confirmed cases there have exceeded 6,000, making it the country’s largest epidemic on record.

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