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Unidentified illness kills five in Tanzania, sparks Ebola fears

Tanzania Minister for Health Dr Dorothy Gwajima. [MoH, Tanzania]

Health officials in Tanzania are investigating an illness that killed five people in the country's northwest with Ebola-like symptoms, raising fears that it could be the deadly virus.

Tanzania's Ministry of Health late Thursday issued a statement saying seven people in northwest Kagera region showed symptoms such as fever, vomiting, bleeding and kidney failure.

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