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CONGO’S EBOLA OUTBREAK STARTED MONTHS BEFORE IT WAS DECLARED, SAYS WHO

1 min read • 1 hr ago • News - South China Morning Post • [src]
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News - South China Morning PostCONGO’S EBOLA OUTBREAK STARTED MONTHS BEFORE IT WAS DECLARED, SAYS WHO1 hr ago
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, WorlDRC’S EBOLA OUTBREAK BEGAN MONTHS BEFORE IT WAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED, SAYS WHO47 mins ago

WHAT HAPPENED

The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record started in February, months before it was officially declared in mid-May, the World Health Organization said on Monday, as responders in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo… The WHO regional director for Africa, Mohamed Yakub Janabi, told a press conference that sequencing indicated the outbreak’s start.

News - South China Morning Post reports that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record started in February, months before it was officially declared in mid-May, the World Health Organization said on Monday, as responders in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…

The report adds: The WHO regional director for Africa, Mohamed Yakub Janabi, told a press conference that sequencing indicated the outbreak’s start.

He said some cases early in the outbreak were wrongly attributed to malaria and typhoid.

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