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Red Cross volunteers die from suspected Ebola in DR Congo
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- Wedaeli Chibelushiand Thomas Naadi,BBC Africa AFP via Getty Images.
- They are believed to have contracted Ebola on 27 March while working in the eastern region of Ituri on a project unrelated to the virus, before the outbreak was identified.
- The volunteers are thought to be among the first to die in DR Congo's Ebola outbreak, which has resulted in more than 170 suspected deaths and 750 suspected cases.
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Wedaeli Chibelushiand Thomas Naadi,BBC Africa AFP via Getty Images. The volunteers are thought to have been infected before the outbreak had been identified, the Red Cross said Three Red Cross volunteers died in the Democratic Republic of Congo from suspected Ebola likely caught while managing dead bodies, the organisation has said.
They are believed to have contracted Ebola on 27 March while working in the eastern region of Ituri on a project unrelated to the virus, before the outbreak was identified.
The volunteers are thought to be among the first to die in DR Congo's Ebola outbreak, which has resulted in more than 170 suspected deaths and 750 suspected cases.
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