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Congo Official Says 2nd Ebola Victim in Goma Has Died - The New York Times

"A man who became the second confirmed Ebola case in the Congolese city of Goma has died, an official said on Wednesday.

The city of more than two million people had its first confirmed case earlier this month, with the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history declared a rare global health emergency days after the first Goma case was announced."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/world/africa/congo-officials-say-second-ebola-case-confirmed-in-city-of-goma.html

This Ebola Outbreak Could Be Worse than 2014. We Need to Act | Time

"Imagine a firefighter battling a blaze while the sprinkler system emits gasoline. This is the current state of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)."

Gayle E. Smith is former administrator of USAID and president and CEO of The ONE Campaign.

https://time.com/5627405/ebola-congo-outbreak-goma-rwanda-border/

"So far, over 1,600 people have died from the virus and thousands more have been infected.While this outbreak is not yet at the scale of the last Ebola crisis that claimed more than 11,000 lives, it has the potential to be even deadlier.
With each passing day, the virus keeps spreading. This week, the first case of Ebola was discovered in Goma, a transportation hub on the border of Rwanda. In order to keep pace with the virus, the United States and the international community must start treating this outbreak like the crisis it is."