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The Congolese government says the virus has claimed about 2,900 lives in what it calls the country’s largest disaster in its history. Neighboring Uganda also reported deaths from the virus.

The World Health Organization is urgently tracing 82 passengers and six crew from an April 25 Airlink flight from Saint Helena to Johannesburg after a 67-year-old Dutch woman evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship died. Three deaths have been linked to the ship, with two confirmed and five suspected infections so far; the flight landed in South Africa 10 days ago.