Roundup: Ebola outbreak kills 42 in DR Congo as UN calls for global vigilance


By Shi YuZheng Yangzi
  • World
  • Sunday, 28 Sep 2025

KINSHASA, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province in the central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has killed 42 people out of 64 recorded cases, local health authorities said Saturday, as the United Nations (UN) called for "global-scale prevention."

Of the 64 cases registered as of Sept. 26, including 53 confirmed and 11 probable, 42 deaths were reported, 31 of them among confirmed cases, said Bazin Pembe, provincial minister of communication and media, as cited by local media.

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