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Rwanda tightens border controls over deadly Ebola outbreak In DR Congo

Rwandan authorities have intensified health screenings and tightened movement along the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo as a deadly Ebola outbreak linked to the rare Bundibugyo strain continues to spread across the region.


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00:00Rwanda has tightened health screening along its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
00:05As fears grow over the spreading Ebola outbreak in the region,
00:08workers returning from the Congolese city of Goma are undergoing temperature checks
00:13while cross-border movement remains heavily restricted.
00:16Residents in Rwanda's Rubavu district say the measures are disrupting trade and reducing income
00:22as transporters are now forced to hand over goods at the border.
00:27We would like the government to find a solution so that we can transport our goods normally across the border
00:35while still taking precautions as we wait for this pandemic to end.
00:45At the moment, things have changed.
00:48We now take our goods to the border and leave them there,
00:51and people on the other side transport them for us.
00:55This is causing us losses because we are forced to share the money we earn,
01:01which reduces our profits.
01:03We hope that this situation is resolved soon,
01:06so that we can continue working as we used to before.
01:13This rare strain of Ebola-dub-bundibugio virus outbreak in eastern DR Congo has now killed at least 131 people
01:22with 531 suspected infections as reported by health authorities.
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