# DRC Ebola cases surpass 8,000 for the first time in the outbreak

https://mins.news/en/item/76659

- TRT World, 2026-09-28 07:12 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/409b7f82bfc4

> Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have exceeded 8,000 for the first time in the outbreak. The epidemic has surpassed the 2018–2020 outbreak to become the largest in the country’s history.

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