DRC’s fast-growing Ebola outbreak spreads to sixth province
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"DRC’s fast-growing Ebola outbreak spreads to sixth province" is generating significant coverage in the Health category, with 9 articles from 8 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include CIDRAP, UN News, BBC and dw.com. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 91d ago.
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Coverage (9)
- DR Congo Ebola outbreak on track to be largest in history CIDRAP · 93d ago
- Ebola tracing improves in DR Congo UN News · 93d ago
- Ebola outbreak 'complicated by lack of resources', Oxfam says BBC · 93d ago
- Congo: Ebola cases rising at record pace dw.com · 93d ago
- The Ebola virus is outpacing the international response Le Monde.fr · 93d ago
- Congo says Ebola outbreak spreads to northeastern Bas-Uele province Reuters · 93d ago
- Ebola outbreak on track to be deadliest ever BBC · 94d ago
- DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to a sixth province Al Jazeera · 94d ago
- DR Congo's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak reaches sixth province Sky News · 94d ago
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