outbreak
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that 1.4 million Africans could be infected by early 2015 if the outbreak wasn’t halted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The sole airport providing humanitarian organisations access to the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo reopened on Tuesday, when the reported number of suspected cases declined.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
The 50-bed isolation centre is to be staffed by US medics and is intended to treat US citizens affected by the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The outbreak was declared over 12 weeks after it began.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
This was Germany’s first defeat on the ground since the outbreak of war over two years earlier.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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