At a gold mine in Mongbwalu, necessity is forcing people to put aside their fear of the virus and carry on working.

At a gold mine in Mongbwalu, necessity is forcing people to put aside their fear of the virus and carry on working.

NPR reports from Mongbwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The fight to contain the virus faces obstacles from lack of supplies to residents who doubt that the virus is real.

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