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Congo's Ebola outbreak spreads to two more provinces
- Ebola has spread into two more northeastern provinces — Tshopo (home to Kisangani) and Haut-Uele — and authorities now treat them as epidemic zones.
- Official figures: 1,926 confirmed cases and 702 deaths (as of July 11), though the WHO says the true toll could be 2–4 times higher.
- Officials believe the new cases were mainly imported from Niania in Ituri; contact-tracing is underway, raising concerns about spread near a major city and border regions.
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