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Four new Congo Ebola cases as medics prepare experimental treatment

Medics handling Ebola victims walking. [Photo: Courtesy]

New cases of Ebola virus have been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry said, as authorities prepare to deploy an experimental treatment.

The latest confirmed cases near the town of Mangina in Congo’s North Kivu province bring the total for the current outbreak to 21, the ministry said in a statement late on Friday.

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