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Ebola outbreak in Congo reaches grim milestone three times faster than the last devastating epidemic

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The Ebola outbreak in Congo has claimed over 1,000 lives, reaching this tragic milestone at an unprecedented pace, nearly three times faster than the devastating 2014-2016 epidemic, which was previously considered the worst on record.