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Al Jazeera reports Ebola spread to new areas in DR Congo

The report says 10 countries are at high risk but provides no names or details of the assessment.

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Adrian Cole
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Source: Al Jazeera Global News · View original source
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An Ebola outbreak has spread to new areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to an Al Jazeera report published on 26 September.

The report says 10 countries are at high risk. It does not identify those countries or explain who assessed the risk.

The supplied information also does not name the newly affected areas or give figures for cases or deaths.

Without those details, the report provides no basis to assess the outbreak’s scale or the specific implications for countries described as high risk.

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