NAIROBI, Aug. 19 -- Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo have exceeded 5,000. Government data showed the figure reached 5,021 cases by Tuesday. Health officials warned that response efforts are struggling to contain the deadly disease. The outbreak has also caused thousands of deaths across the country.

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Congo's latest outbreak has become the largest Ebola epidemic in its history. The death toll reached 2,378 over the weekend. The current outbreak surpassed the previous record from 2018 to 2020. It is now the second-largest Ebola outbreak recorded globally. Only the West African epidemic between 2014 and 2016 caused more infections and deaths...