{"id":349618,"date":"2026-06-05T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-overwhelmed-town-at-the-epicenter-of-the-ebola-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:00:07","slug":"the-overwhelmed-town-at-the-epicenter-of-the-ebola-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-overwhelmed-town-at-the-epicenter-of-the-ebola-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"The overwhelmed town at the epicenter of the Ebola crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/K4uSlfK7hfg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The overwhelmed town at the epicenter of the Ebola crisis\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K4uSlfK7hfg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The mayor of Mongbwalu, the remote mining town at the center of the Ebola crisis in the DRC, reveals cases of the virus were discovered weeks before the outbreak was declared. 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