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Ebola Surge in Congo Outpaces Response | Lubbock News
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Ebola is surging in eastern Congo, with over 3,800 cases and more than 1,700 deaths—making it the second-largest outbreak ever—and officials still can’t identify patient zero. Contact tracing is failing, with 60-70% of new cases emerging within communities undetected. Conflict, mistrust, and attacks on health centers are crippling response efforts, while healthcare workers face infection and unpaid wages. Yet hope flickers: testing has exploded, and clinical trials for treatments and vaccines are underway, even as funding gaps and dangerous conditions persist.
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