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Healthcrisis🇨🇩Congo 🇺🇬UgandaMay 17, 2026

The WHO declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on Sunday over a rare Ebola strain outbreak that has spread across the Democratic Republic of Congo and into Uganda, triggering the organization's second-highest global alert level.

Severity: 8.0/10Source: Folha de S.PauloLocation: Kinshasa, Kinshasa

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