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Ebola in North-Ubangi: two confirmed cases, including one death

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Ebola in North-Ubangi: two confirmed cases, including one death

Two cases of Ebola, including one death, have been confirmed in the Wapinda health zone in North-Ubangi, in north-western DR Congo. A team of seven experts has been deployed to find and isolate people at high risk, according to RFI reports relayed by AGP.

Two cases of Ebola were confirmed on Saturday in North-Ubangi province, in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, including one death, Radio France Internationale (RFI) reports. The two victims are in the Wapinda health zone, a mining town on the border with the Central African Republic.

One person remains ill while the other has died, according to RFI. These new infections come after the announcement that the outbreak had spread to North-Ubangi, which became the eighth Congolese province affected, according to health authorities cited by the media.

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