Beni — The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recorded its first case of Ebola in more than 50 days, the government said on Friday, ending hopes that the second-worst outbreak of the disease in history might be over.

The Central African country planned to declare an end to the outbreak on Sunday that would have allowed its overstretched health workforce to concentrate on containing the coronavirus, which has infected 215 and killed 20...

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