Two Ebola awareness workers killed in DR Congo: Govt - GulfToday

Two Ebola awareness workers killed in DR Congo: Govt

  • 15 Jul 2019
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Health officials in eastern Congo are offering vaccinations to all residents in the hotspot of Mabalako.

Two community workers engaged in the Ebola prevention campaign in Democratic Republic of Congo were murdered in the country’s east, which is battling an outbreak the killer disease, the health ministry said on Monday.

They were killed at their respective homes in the North Kivu province, after months of threats, the ministry said.

Agence France-Presse

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