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- Arsonists burned Ebola treatment tents at Mongbwalu and Rwampara, forcing staff to evacuate patients amid gunfire and protests.
- The World Health Organization raised Congo's Ebola outbreak risk to very high, noting low chance of global spread.
- The Ministry of Communication reported 904 suspected cases, 119 suspected deaths and 220 total deaths regionally.
- Local residents protested burial restrictions after families were barred from retrieving bodies, alleging Ebola is a fabricated threat.
