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Ebola outbreak in Congo spreads to a 7th province

Headline from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, on the newest of 2 developments

According to the governor of the northwestern province of Sud-Ubangi, Congo's national research institute tested a sample and found traces of the Bundibugyo virus, the rare kind of Ebola that caused the current outbreak.

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  1. Officials say Ebola outbreak spreading beyond epicenter

    Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ·

  2. Newest

    Ebola outbreak in Congo spreads to a 7th province

    Headline from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ·

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  1. KAAL Rochester

    Africa’s top health body warns Congo’s Ebola outbreak is rapidly spreading beyond epicenter (opens KAAL Rochester)

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    KAAL Rochester's feed description

    The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading rapidly beyond its epicenter, according to Africa's top health body. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday that while cases and deaths have declined in Ituri province, they have risen sharply in North Kivu and Haut-Ue…

  2. ABC News

    Congo’s Ebola outbreak rapidly spreading beyond epicenter, health body warns (opens ABC News)

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    The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading rapidly beyond its epicenter, according to Africa's top health body

  3. Bloomberg

    Ebola Reaches Congo’s Sud-Ubangi After Patient Traveled Through Rwanda, Uganda (opens Bloomberg)

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    Ebola has now spread to a seventh province in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a 23-year-old man tested positive for the virus following a cross-country journey that included travel through neighboring Rwanda and Uganda.

  4. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Officials say Ebola outbreak spreading beyond epicenter (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    KINSHASA, Congo -- The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record in eastern Congo is rapidly spreading beyond its epicenter, Africa's top health body said Thursday.

  5. Philadelphia Inquirer

    The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has now spread to the country's seventh province, local officials say (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has now spread to the country's seventh province, local officials say

  6. WFMZ Allentown

    Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has now spread to the country's seventh province, officials say (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has now spread to seven provinces in the country, local authorities said. It's the fastest-growing outbreak on record.

  7. Al Jazeera

    Ebola case detected in seventh DR Congo province (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Case found in northwestern province of South-Ubangi bordering the Central African Republic and Congo-Brazzaville.

  8. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    Ebola outbreak in Congo spreads to a 7th province (opens Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in Congo, the world's fastest-growing outbreak of the disease on record, has now spread to seven provinces in the African country, local authorities said. And it's showing no signs of slowing down.

  9. Breitbart News

    Africa CDC Warns Ebola Spreading in Congo (opens Breitbart News)

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    The Africa Centers for Disease Control (Africa CDC) warned on Thursday that Ebola is still spreading through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and while cases have declined in the original outbreak region of Ituri province, more infections are being found in the neighboring provinces of No…

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