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(FILES) A doctor provides care to a patient with Ebola virus disease at the Rwampara Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 13, 2026. The Ebola outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing "exponentially", the United Nations' senior Ebola coordinator warned on August 21, 2026. The Ebola outbreak is already the biggest in the country's history having killed more than 2,300 people from more than 5,000 cases, according to the African Union health agency. The virus eruption is "growing exponentially," United Nations' senior Ebola coordinator told reporters in Geneva, speaking from Bunia, in DRC. (Photo by BENEDICTION MURHABAZI / AFP)