{"id":628366,"date":"2026-09-18T08:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/628366\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T08:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:50:13","slug":"ebola-outbreak-in-congo-is-still-serious-african-health-body-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/628366\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebola outbreak in Congo is still serious, African health body says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ZPTUL466YBNB3KAWL6O6IMICVM-820x535.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-648414\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"  \/>A Ugandan worker collects a rubber glove from the airing line during a visit by the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the Mulago National Referral Hospital Isolation Unit, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo Virus, in Mulago suburb, of Kampala, Uganda, June 8, 2026. REUTERS\/ Abubaker Lubowa<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DAKAR (Reuters) \u2013 The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is still serious, with data indicating gaps in infection prevention and control, Africa\u2019s top public health agency said on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Ugandan worker collects a rubber glove from the airing line during a visit by the Director-General of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[103,61,60],"class_list":["post-628366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}