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Fears of Ebola spreading in DRC as third case identified

A third case of Ebola has been identified in the crowded border city of Goma, a year since a new outbreak began.

Doctors at the Ebola Treatment Centre in Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed a third case of the disease in that city. The daughter of a miner who died of Ebola yesterday, Wednesday, is the latest victim. This news comes a year to the day after the first diagnois of Ebola in this increasingly serious outbreak.

Also in the programme: How artificial intelligence can spot kidney problems, and the debates to choose the Democratic nominee for the US elections in 2020.

(IMAGE: A health worker wearing protective gear mixes water and chlorine in Goma on July 31, 2019. CREDIT: PAMELA TULIZO / AFP)PAMELA TULIZO/AFP/Getty Images)

53 minutes

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Thu 1 Aug 2019 09:06GMT

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  • Thu 1 Aug 2019 09:06GMT

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