14-07-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com

UPDATE 1-First Ebola case in Congo city of Goma detected

The first case of Ebola in the eastern Congo city of Goma was discovered on Sunday, officials said, raising concerns the virus could spread quicker in a densely populated area close to the Rwandan border.Goma, a lakeside city of 1 million people, is more than 350 km (220 miles) south of where the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record was first detected a year ago.The patient was a priest who became infected during a visit to the town of Butembo, 200 km (124 miles) north of Goma, where he inter
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