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An outbreak of Ebola fever caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached 10,060 cases and 4,887 deaths since mid-May. There is no approved vaccine or specific treatment; cases have been confirmed in Kenya and Nigeria.
Aziz KarimovAfrica CDC is convening health ministers from African countries for an emergency meeting on October 28 to coordinate the response to the growing Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus. The outbreak began in the DR Congo in May, where 9,552 cases and at least 4,000 deaths have been recorded, and has spread to Kenya and Nigeria. Nigeria reported its first case on Tuesday in a person who arrived from Uganda; Uganda denies that the infection occurred on its territory.
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