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Government warns of haemorrhagic fever danger

    NAIROBI
    Health Minister Mashako Mamba announced on Friday that eight people had died in August and September from what was believed to be a resurgence of haemorrhagic fever in the Durba area of rebel-held Province Orientale, news agencies said. The most recent victim was a Ugandan soldier who contracted the disease in Durba and died days later in nearby Isiro, Mamba told journalists in Kinshasa. The Associated Press (AP) quoted Mamba as saying the situation was "alarming", and he urged that international pressure be placed on Uganda to close Durba's Dorugba gold mine, believed to be the source of the disease. Some 60 people, mainly mine workers, were estimated to have died in the haemorrhagic fever outbreak that ended in May.

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