Congo Finds Second Ebola Case in Eastern City of Goma

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Congolese health authorities detected a second case of Ebola in the eastern city of Goma, a key trade hub of about 1 million people close to the Rwandan border.

The discovery was announced late Tuesday by the head of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola response team, Jean-Jacques Muyembe. The patient died the same day.