Is Congo's Ebola outbreak coming under control?

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Is Congo’s Ebola outbreak coming under control? Four months in, Congo's Ebola outbreak is one of the largest ever recorded. Officials and outside experts can't agree on whether it's finally slowing down. September 26, 20265:13 PM ET Is Congo’s Ebola outbreak coming under control? Four months in, Congo's Ebola outbreak is one of the largest ever recorded. Officials and outside experts can't agree on whether it's finally slowing down. Transcript DEBBIE ELLIOTT, HOST: Ebola cases are falling in the hardest hit areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but health workers also say the disease is spreading farther than ever, as Emmet Livingstone reports.EMMET LIVINGSTONE, BYLINE: Four months into Congo's Ebola outbreak, treatment centers are still busy caring for patients as health workers try to contain the virus. The disease has killed over 3,600 people since it emerged in mid-May, becoming one of the largest Ebola outbreaks in history. But the Congolese government has announced that the worst may be over. Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe is the director general of Congo's National Institute for Biomedical Research.JEAN-JACQUES MUYEMBE: (Non-English language spoken).LIVINGSTONE: "I didn't see...

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