DRC: Ebola fears grow as children return to school
Goma, DR Congo – Children across the Democratic Republic of the Congo are returning to school on Tuesday as the country battles its largest Ebola outbreak on record, prompting concern among parents and teachers in the worst-hit province of Ituri.
Pupils in Goma return to school as authorities introduce measures to limit the spread of Ebola in affected parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo [Prosper Heri/Al Jazeera]“Children are children,” he told Al Jazeera.”The outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, a species of ebolavirus different from the Zaire ebolavirus, which has caused most previous Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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