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Medical team from Kinshasa to arrive in east

Map of Guinea showing location of Forest Region. IRIN
Nouvel accrochage entre l'armée guinéenne et des combattants des forces rebelles
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    The test results taken from five cases of haemorrhagic fever in northeastern DRC will probably be known late Thursday, Marc Biot of MSF-Belgium told IRIN. The NGO, which has a team on the ground, will on Friday be joined by experts from Kinshasa after landing rights for their plane was agreed with the rebel authorities in the Watsa area. Biot said there had been no more deaths from the epidemic, but further investigations were necessary to check on the local population. One of the deceased is a local doctor who had been treating the community. The total number of recorded cases so far, according to MSF, is 76. Figures issued by the World Health Organisation put the number of deaths at 63.Humanitarian sources have said it appears unlikely the disease is caused by the Ebola virus.

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