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Congo's Ebola outbreak spreads to eighth province

Original: Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak spreads to eighth province

The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has now reached an eighth province, health authorities say, in a sign the epidemic is moving faster and wider than earlier responses have contained. Major international outlets including the AP, NBC News and the Los Angeles Times are carrying the news, which highlights the difficulty of tracking and isolating cases across a vast country with weak health infrastructure.

Why now: The widening geographic spread of Ebola in Congo raises fresh fears of a larger regional epidemic.

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