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Ebola response tightens in eastern Congo as seven new cases confirmed

Ebola has spread to Beni, a city of several hundred thousand people where scores of people have been confirmed infected. [Photo, Reuters]

Congolese authorities announced a ban on Wednesday on harbouring suspected Ebola patients and promised police protection for health workers at burials, in a bid to fight back against local resistance to efforts to combat the disease.

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