Suspected Ebola patient has been isolated in Eldoret after traveling from the Congo
An angry crowd set alight a section of a hospital at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after family and - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke..
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An angry crowd set fire to tents used as isolation wards at a hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after being prevented from taking the body of a suspected Ebola victim for burial.
- 177 people are thought to have died from Ebola in DR Congo, out of 750 suspected cases.
- Medical workers at Rwampara General Hospital were placed under military protection.
- The outbreak is caused by a rare species of Ebola known as Bundibugyo, for which there is no vaccine.
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