Ebola spreads in eastern Congo as contact tracing falters
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“DRC health workers were only able to follow up with around 21 per cent of the total cases being monitored”
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“Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported 83 confirmed infections, 746 suspected cases and 1,603 identified contacts as of May 21”
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“health workers were able to follow up with only 342 contacts that day – about 21 per cent of the total under monitoring”
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“the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the epidemic a public health emergency of international concern on May 17”
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“The outbreak has now spread across three provinces including South Kivu”
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“officials confirmed a case this week near Bukavu, a major city near Congo’s border with Rwanda”
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