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Report: Liberia : New Ebola cases reported in Liberia

Wed, 2015-02-04 15:59 — mike kraft

RFI By Adolphus Mawolo Feb. 3, 2015

MONROVIA --Assistant Health Minister and head of Liberia’s incident management system, Tolbert Nyensuwah, told journalists in Monrovia on Monday that five confirmed cases had been reported around Monrovia over the past seven days.

According to Minister Nyensuwah, the cases were reported from three communities in the western suburbs of the capital....

He has partially blamed the situation on some infected people refusing to seek treatment despite the availability of treatment centres, noting that a full-scale investigation is underway to ascertain why.

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Ebola Clue Lurks in 10 Million Zambian Bats

Tue, 2015-01-13 22:58 — mike kraft

BLOOMBERG by Matthew Hill Jan. 12, 2015

At 4:50 a.m. at the Kasanka National Park in northern Zambia, tourists watch from a platform in a tree as the sound of millions of wings accompanies the sunrise.

Straw-coloured Fruit Bats fly in Kasanka National Park, Zambia. Photographer: Fabian von Poser/Getty Images