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Congo Confirms 2nd Ebola Case in Border City of Goma

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   VOA's Lisa Schlein contributed to this report.

   Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed a second
   case of the deadly Ebola virus in the city of Goma.

   Goma is home to more than a million people and lies directly on Congo's
   border with Rwanda, where tens of thousands cross on foot daily.

   "I have just been informed of a case of Ebola in Goma," Dr. Aruna
   Abedi, coordinator of the Ebola response in North Kivu province, told
   AFP.

   The case involves a man who traveled to Goma from a northeastern rural
   community in Ituri province. He was diagnosed a few days after arrival
   and is being treated at the Goma Ebola Treatment Center.

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