‘Every hour making coffins’: Funerals, wakes banned as WHO lifts Ebola threat to ‘very high’
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-05-23 11:29 UTC+10:00
Section: World / Africa
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Health, Africa, World News
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Bunia, Congo: Authorities in north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo banned funeral wakes and gatherings of more than 50 people, seeking to curb a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in a region where medical workers have struggled with a lack of resources and pushback from angry residents.
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