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Ebola death toll in DR Congo now breaks the 1,500 mark

A health worker checks the fever of travellers coming across South Sudan's Nimule border town from Uganda on June 19, 2019. More than 1,500 people have died in nearly 10 months after an outbreak of Ebola hit the Democratic Republic of Congo. PHOTO | AKUOT CHOL | AFP

By  AFP

KINSHASA,

More than 1,500 people have died in nearly 10 months after an outbreak of Ebola hit the Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry said Monday.

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