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The U.S. government announced $50 million in funding to develop countermeasures against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola amid an expanding outbreak in the DRC and Uganda.

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Uganda has confirmed one case of Ebola while an ongoing outbreak in the DRC has claimed 80 lives. The patient was a Congolese man who died in a Kampala hospital.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed its 16th Ebola virus disease outbreak in Kasai Province, with 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths reported. The index case was a 34-year-old pregnant woman admitted to hospital last month. Health authorities are responding to contain the spread.