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Monday, August 20, 2012

DRC-86 contacts under surveiliance for ebola

Monday, August 20, 2012

  DRC: a strain of Ebola kills nine people After Uganda in early July, is now the DRC which is affected by an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever.

Eleven cases "probable or confirmed" were identified in the town of Isiro in the northeast of the country. Of these, nine deaths have been reported.  Several teams of the Ministry of Public Health, WHO and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) are working on site. The virus strain identified is less deadly than other known strains, but remains very dangerous.

Anja De Weggheleire

 Medical coordinator for MSF Belgium in DRC