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DR Congo urges calm after Ebola case in key city

DR Congo authorities vaccinated people in contact with a preacher who fell ill with Ebola in the eastern city of Goma. [AFP]

Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo have appealed for calm after an evangelical preacher fell ill with Ebola in the eastern city of Goma, the first recorded case of the disease in the key urban hub in a nearly year-old epidemic.

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