# Mobile laboratories offer hope in Congo’s devastating Ebola outbreak

https://mins.news/en/video/82938

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-02 03:00 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPEDZZ3xsIA

> In Butembo, an Ebola hotspot in eastern Congo, a mobile laboratory processes blood samples for testing. A technician from Congo’s National Institute of Biomedical Research works through a glovebox under fluorescent lights as fans hum nearby, offering a glimpse of the laboratory response to the devastating outbreak.

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