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Ebola: WHO warns after cases in Nigeria and Kenya

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Ebola: WHO warns after cases in Nigeria and Kenya

The WHO calls on the countries concerned to strengthen their cooperation after the confirmation of an imported case in Nigeria and the reporting of nine cases in Kenya, while the Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak persists in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The organisation recommends intensifying surveillance and rapidly breaking chains of transmission, according to the WHO.

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