00:04health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are responding to a
00:08new Ebola outbreak that has already killed dozens of people here's what we
00:12know so far Africa's public health agency the Africa centers for disease
00:17control and prevention says there have been 246 suspected cases and at least
00:2265 deaths linked to the outbreak in northeastern Congo laboratory tests have
00:27so far confirmed Ebola in 13 samples officials say the outbreak is worrying
00:32because some cases have been detected near Punya a major city close to the
00:36borders of Uganda and South Sudan experts warn cross-border travel and ongoing
00:41insecurity in the region could make the virus harder to contain scientists are
00:46also investigating whether this may be a different Ebola strain than the one most
00:50current vaccines target more testing is now underway this is Congo 17th recorded
00:57Ebola outbreak since the virus first emerged there in 1976 Ebola spreads
01:02through contact with infected bodily fluids and can cause fever vomiting and
01:07severe weakness the disease can be deadly if not treated quickly
01:27health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are responding to a new
01:31Ebola outbreak that has already killed dozens of people here's what we know so
01:35far Africa's public health agency the Africa centers for disease control and
01:40prevention says there have been 246 suspected cases and at least 65 deaths
01:46linked to the outbreak in northeastern Congo laboratory tests have so far
01:50confirmed Ebola in 13 samples officials say the outbreak is worrying because some
01:55cases have been detected near Punya a major city close to the borders of Uganda and
02:00South Sudan experts warn cross-border travel and ongoing insecurity in the
02:05region could make the virus harder to contain scientists are also
02:09investigating whether this may be a different Ebola strain than the one most
02:13current vaccines target more testing is now underway this is Congo 17th recorded
02:20Ebola outbreak since the virus first emerged there in 1976 Ebola spreads through
02:26contact with infected bodily fluids and can cause fever vomiting and severe
02:30weakness the disease can be deadly if not treated quickly
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