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June 13, 2019

Congo's Ebola Epidemic, 2nd Worst in History, Spreads to Uganda
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In Uganda, health officials say a 5-year-old boy and his grandmother
have died after falling ill with Ebola-the first deaths among eight new
suspected cases of the deadly virus reported in the country. The deaths
came as health workers in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo
warn a massive Ebola outbreak has become the second worst on record,
with over 2,000 new cases and nearly 1,400 deaths since last August.
Medical workers are struggling to reach infected people amid ongoing
violence by anti-government militias, as well as widespread mistrust of
foreign medical workers.


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