Deadly Ebola Virus Kills 18 In Northwest Congo

An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has killed 18 people in northwestern Congo Republic, where the disease killed 120 earlier this year, state television said. One hundred and sixty-four people have come into contact with the disease around Mbomo, some 440 miles northwest of the central African nation's capital Brazzaville and just across the border from Gabon, Tele-Congo said on Monday night.

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