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Ebola : Healthworkers in DR Congo worry for their life amid deadly outbreak

Ebola : Healthworkers in DR Congo worry for their life amid deadly outbreak
France 24 Saturday 20 June 2026, 09:15 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Ebola : Healthworkers in DR Congo worry for their life amid deadly outbreak Africa Issued on: Share Ituri province in eastern DRC is the hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak. The response to the virus is underway. On the frontlines of this outbreak are healthcare workers, who feel increasingly helpless. They have never faced an outbreak of this magnitude before. Report by Aurélie Bazzara-Kibangula, Paula Sevilles and Jorkim Jotham Pituwa.
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