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Blood samples test negative for Ebola

    NAIROBI
    Fears of an Ebola outbreak in northeastern DRC were dispelled after a World Health Organisation team sent to investigate found that suspected cases of the disease were not, in fact, Ebola, the agency stated on Monday. Blood samples from suspected Ebola victims were taken to the National Institute of virology in South Africa, where they tested negative for the Ebola virus, an official told IRIN. “It may take quite some time to establish which haemorrhagic fever caused those syndromes,” the official added. There had been persistent rumours of Ebola cases in Dungu, Bengadi, Isiro, Buta, Nyankunde and Bunia, the Inter Press agency reported on Monday.

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