Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
66/100
CBS News's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
4
Health
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Congo's Ebola outbreak has now recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities said as they struggle to contain the spread of the virus.
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they → record → virus
The latest figures were released by the health ministry on Thursday.
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figures → release → Thursday
They show that 4,018 people have died from among 8,300 confirmed cases in what has become the
.More than 2,000 patients have recovered from the disease, the Reuters news agency notes.
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agency → show → disease
health workers gathered in Bunia, the capital of northeastern Ituri province, the heart of the outbreak, to demand payment for owed wages.
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workers → gather → wages
They were quickly dispersed by officials.
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They → disperse → officials
The protesting workers included surveillance team members, who identify people exposed to infected patients.
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who → protest → patients
They waved placards saying, "No money, no data!" and "No payment for months."
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They → wave → months
Front-line workers have gone on several strikes since the start of the outbreak to demand payment, further hampering efforts to contain the disease.
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workers → go → disease
An aid worker with Médecins Sans Frontières, known in English as Doctors Without Borders, was infected with Ebola while working in Congo, the group said in a statement.
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group → know → statement
The worker arrived late Thursday night after being flown to the Netherlands on a special medical flight and was transferred to a high-level isolation unit, the Leiden University Medical Center said in a statement.
"The human cost of this crisis is unprecedented in the DRC, with communities facing the largest Ebola disease outbreak ever recorded in the country," MSF said.
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MSF → arrive → country
More than 50 health workers have died after contracting the virus.
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workers → die → virus
The World Health Organization has recently raised the alarm regarding the rapid geographical spread of the virus into new health zones, stretching limited resources.
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Organization → raise → resources
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its latest news conference that the number of confirmed cases is falling, but that could be attributed to insecurity and challenges in getting communities to cooperate in some of the hotspots.
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communities → say → hotspots
A Congolese politician was attacked and beaten to death earlier this week for defending government measures in dealing with the outbreak, highlighting tensions that have stretched both the health community and local resources.
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that → attack → community
The attack on Marie-Célestin Karondwa, a local official with Congo's ruling Union for Democracy and Social Progress party, took place on Sunday at his home in Butembo, an Ebola hotspot in the eastern North Kivu province.
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attack → take → province
His house was set on fire afterward and he died at a hospital of his injuries.
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he → set → injuries
Widespread mistrust of health workers and the authorities has hampered efforts to slow the Central African nation's 17th Ebola outbreak.
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mistrust → hamper → outbreak
Authorities last month launched a village-centered approach but those efforts are battling beliefs by some residents who dismiss Ebola as a hoax.
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who → launch → hoax
There is also deep distrust in the country's government for reasons ranging from how it managed past Ebola outbreaks to chronic corruption.
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it → be → corruption
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