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Ebola Death on Vessel Sparks Monitoring, Worker Protests, WHO Call

8/6/2026

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A passenger from Pimu died of Ebola symptoms Thursday, leading authorities to monitor the vessel near Kinshasa.
Unpaid frontline workers and weak government support sparked protests by health workers in Bunia over wages since mid-May.
With Ituri province accounting for 90 % of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola cases and 3,973 infections and 1,801 deaths Thursday, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus urged authorities to prioritize responder care during his visit.

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A passenger from Pimu died of Ebola symptoms Thursday, leading authorities to monitor the vessel near Kinshasa.
Unpaid frontline workers and weak government support sparked protests by health workers in Bunia over wages since mid-May.
With Ituri province accounting for 90 % of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola cases and 3,973 infections and 1,801 deaths Thursday, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus urged authorities to prioritize responder care during his visit.