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Congo announces three Ebola treatment centres in Ituri region amid outbreak
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Health authorities say the current outbreak, first confirmed on Friday (May 15, 2026), is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, a rare variant of the Ebola disease that has no approved therapeutics or vaccines
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