DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 cases as health-worker shortage deepens
How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.
OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN
HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 7 HEADLINES
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2026-09-24
DR Congo Ebola outbreak nears 7,800 cases as country runs short of health workers
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26 Sep, 00:16 UTC
DR Congo Ebola outbreak reaches 7,890 cases as virus spreads to new areas
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26 Sep, 12:11 UTC
DR Congo Ebola outbreak reaches 7,890 cases as health response struggles
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27 Sep, 00:09 UTC
DR Congo Ebola outbreak nears 7,800 cases amid health worker shortage
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28 Sep, 18:10 UTC
DR Congo Ebola outbreak surpasses 8,000 cases as health-worker shortage deepens
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29 Sep, 00:10 UTC
DR Congo Ebola outbreak surpasses 8,000 cases amid staff shortages and violence
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29 Sep, 12:15 UTC
DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 cases as health-worker shortage deepens
WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER
From the first reports to the latest
- Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.
Entered the story later
- Africa Centres · from 25 Sep 22:16, 2 outlets
- Disease Control · from 25 Sep 22:16, 2 outlets
Figures reported with different numbers
- confirmed cases: 7,890 (1 from 25 Sep 22:16) → 7,000 (1 from 25 Sep 22:16) → 6,032 (1 from 25 Sep 22:16) → 8,000 (1 from 28 Sep 10:30) → 8000 (1 from 28 Sep 10:30)
Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.