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Ebola reported in seventh province of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Al Jazeera reports that an infected man travelled through Rwanda and Uganda, while the Congolese government says case numbers are declining.

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Adrian Cole
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Ebola has been reported in a seventh province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a brief report by Al Jazeera Global News.

The report says an infected man travelled through Rwanda and Uganda. It does not establish when the travel occurred in relation to his infection or provide further transmission details.

The latest affected province has not been identified in the available material. No case numbers or other outbreak data have been provided.

The Congolese government says cases are declining. That claim has not been independently confirmed in the source material, which provides no figures to measure the reported trend.

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