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Ebola Case Reported Not Far from South Sudan Border

Associated Press

   DAKAR, SENEGAL - Authorities have confirmed an Ebola case just 70
   kilometers (43 miles) from Congo's border with South Sudan.

   The development is troubling as South Sudan's health care system is
   less equipped to handle Ebola should cases develop there.

   The report of the case near South Sudan came Tuesday from South Sudan's
   health ministry and was seen by The Associated Press.

   Health officials say the confirmed case near South Sudan involved the
   contact of a known Ebola case in Congo's Beni town.

   The person was supposed to stay in regular contact with Congolese
   health authorities during the 21-day incubation period.

   Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 1,500 and has spread to
   neighboring Uganda where two people died last month after a family that
   sickened in Congo returned home across the border.