outbreak
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Early this month, Ugandan authorities announced plans to dispatch doctors, nurses and laboratory technicians to Congo to help control the outbreak.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
“The outbreak in Uganda is under control—they are doing a great job,” Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a recent briefing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
That crumb of optimism was swept away when Vini capitalised on a second outbreak of world-class dithering in front of their own goal.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
France on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor who had flown back from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is fighting a major outbreak.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
In some cases, the medical system may intensify the outbreak, like a lens that focuses sunlight on a heap of tinder.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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