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Good morning. Glad you’re here. Lots of news dropped over the weekend, so let’s get to it.
Americans believed to be exposed in Congo’s Ebola outbreak
A number of Americans in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are believed to have been swept up in the country’s latest outbreak, with several deemed to have had high-risk exposures and at least one of these individuals may have developed symptoms, STAT’s Helen Branswell reports in an exclusive.
We’re still waiting on test results for the individuals, but the CDC said in a statement Sunday it is assisting partners in “coordinating the safe withdrawal of a small number of Americans who are directly affected by this outbreak.” The outbreak’s toll is climbing: at least 246 cases, with 80 deaths.
