DRC
17.05.2018

Ninth Ebola outbreak in 40 years hits urban area

Gabriele François Casini/MSF

“This is the ninth Ebola outbreak in Congo in the last 40 years. So far, all of them have occurred in remote and isolated areas, as was the case last year in Likati, when the epidemic didn’t spread.” 

Next: إصابة العشرات من المهاجرين و طالبي اللجوء إثر اطلاق النار عليهم بعد محاولتهم الهرب من ظروف الاعتقال المرعبة
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