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Ebola virus reaches Congolese city of Goma
The Ebola virus has reached the Congolese city of Goma, home to two million people and a transport hub for swath of central Africa, for the first time since an epidemic began in the country nearly a year ago.
The Congolese health ministry said a man who had arrived in the regional centre on Sunday had been quickly transported to an Ebola treatment centre.
Authorities said they had tracked down all the passengers on the bus the man took to Goma from Butembo, one of the towns hardest hit by the disease.
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The virus has killed more than 1,600 people in Congo and two others who returned home across the border to neighbouring Uganda. About 700 people have recovered from infections.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/15/ebola-virus-reaches-congolese-city-of-goma
The Congolese health ministry said a man who had arrived in the regional centre on Sunday had been quickly transported to an Ebola treatment centre.
Authorities said they had tracked down all the passengers on the bus the man took to Goma from Butembo, one of the towns hardest hit by the disease.
...
The virus has killed more than 1,600 people in Congo and two others who returned home across the border to neighbouring Uganda. About 700 people have recovered from infections.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/15/ebola-virus-reaches-congolese-city-of-goma
