Ebola epidemic threatens ten African countries in addition to DRC and Uganda
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“Ten African countries are at risk of being affected by the Ebola virus, in addition to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda”
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The provided evidence contains general information about Ebola and the number 10, but no source mentions a specific list of ten African countries at risk in addition to the DRC and Uganda. The Wikipedia entries on Ebola and the Kivu epidemic do not provide this specific count of at-risk countries.
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— Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses. Symp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola
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— The Kivu Ebola epidemic was an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) mainly in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and in other parts of Central Africa, from 2018 to 2020. Between 1 August…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kivu_Ebola_epidemic
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— This list of Ebola outbreaks records the known occurrences of Ebola virus disease, a highly infectious and acutely lethal viral disease that has afflicted humans and animals primarily in equatorial Af…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks
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“the African Union's health agency warned on Saturday”
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One web search result mentions that the WHO declared a global health emergency on a Saturday, a day after 'Africa’s leading public health authority' (the Africa CDC) announced an outbreak. Another source mentions the Africa CDC confirming an outbreak on a Friday. While this aligns with the timeline of a warning/announcement occurring around a Saturday, there is only one specific mention of the Saturday timing in the provided evidence, and it is not corroborated by a second independent source confirming the exact day of the agency's warning.
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— The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was a multinational force formed by the African Union. The operation deployed to Somalia soon after the Islamic Courts Union was deposed by troops from Et…
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— Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to former military h…
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— Organizations from around the world responded to the West African Ebola virus epidemic. In July 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an emergency meeting with health ministers from eleve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responses_to_the_West_African_…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responses_to_the_West_African_…
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