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Ebola declared 'continental emergency'; WHO chief concerned at 'scale and speed' of DR Congo outbreak

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday expressed concern at the speed and scale of the Ebola outbreak in central Africa — declared a “continental” emergency — as the number of deaths in the Democratic Republic

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Ebola declared 'continental emergency'; WHO chief concerned at 'scale and speed' of DR Congo outbreakThe head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday expressed concern at the speed and scale of the Ebola outbreak in central Africa — declared a “continental” emergency — as the number of deaths in the Democratic Republic
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