WorldPublished: 31 October 2026 at 02:11
Ebola outbreak kills more than 5,000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo
More than 5,000 people have died in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a Central African country, according to government data.
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a country in Central Africa, has now killed more than 5,000 people. The figure comes from government data, as reported by Sky News.
Ebola is a disease caused by a virus, and the toll shows the outbreak in the DRC has cost a very large number of lives.
The source gives no further details, such as when the outbreak began, which regions are affected, how many people have been infected in total, or what response measures are in place. Those details cannot be added until they are confirmed by official data.
