Event Brief
Eighteen suspected Ebola patients escape after tent fire in Congo
Filed: May 23, 2026 at 4:02 PM ET
Summary: Angry residents burned a treatment tent at a health center, after which 18 suspected Ebola patients escaped.
WHO: Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak
WHAT: A treatment tent at a health center was set on fire and 18 suspected Ebola patients escaped.
WHEN: May 23, 2026 at 11:29 AM ET
WHERE: Eastern Congo
WHY: Residents attacked the health center and burned the treatment tent.
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