Machete-wielding mob attack health workers responding to Ebola in Congo
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Medical staff and volunteers explain measures to prevent the Ebola outbreak to residents in Mambasa, Ituri province. (EPA Images pic) KINSHASA: Angry youths armed with machetes attacked two community health workers raising awareness about the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, killing one and wounding the other, according to officials and a memo seen by Reuters on Monday, in the latest in a series of attacks fuelled by misinformation. (Free Malaysia Today, 07:14)
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Photo: Free Malaysia Today Free Malaysia Today·News·EN·27 Oct, 07:14 MYTMachete-wielding mob attack health workers responding to Ebola in Congo
Medical staff and volunteers explain measures to prevent the Ebola outbreak to residents in Mambasa, Ituri province. (EPA Images pic) KINSHASA: Angry youths armed with machetes attacked two community health workers raising awareness about the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo,…
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