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    <text>The Bahamas announces enhanced health screening and possible quarantine measures for travelers who recently visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South Sudan, and Uganda following the Ebola epidemic in central Africa. </text>
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      <text>The World Health Organization raises its assessment of the risk from the outbreak within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from &quot;high&quot; to &quot;very high&quot; due to its rapid spread. </text>
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    <text>The World Health Organization raises its assessment of the risk from the Ebola outbreak within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from &quot;high&quot; to &quot;very high&quot; due to its rapid spread, while keeping it &quot;low&quot; at the global level. Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says that the outbreak in Uganda is stable. </text>
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    <text>India, South Korea, and Thailand issue travel alerts for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, while South Korea plans to impose a level-4 travel ban for parts of the DRC, especially the Ituri Province, due to the Ebola outbreak in both countries. </text>
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      <text>The death toll in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo rises to 131. </text>
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    <text>The death toll in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo rises to 131. </text>
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    <text>The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces that it is suspending entry into the United States for 30 days to travelers without a U.S. passport that have been to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, or Uganda amidst the ongoing Ebola outbreak in these countries. </text>
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      <text>The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control activates its emergency preparedness systems after the World Health Organization designated the ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency. </text>
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    <text>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control activates its emergency preparedness systems after the World Health Organization designated the ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency. </text>
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    <text>The World Health Organization declares the Ebola virus outbreak in Uganda and Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a public health emergency of international concern. </text>
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    <text>An ebola outbreak is confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ituri Province by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, killing 80 people. </text>
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    <text>The Democratic Republic of the Congo declares a new Ebola outbreak in Kasaï Province with 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, confirmed as the Zaire strain. </text>
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      <text>Uganda confirms an outbreak of Ebola, with the first death on Wednesday. </text>
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    <text>Uganda confirms an outbreak of Ebola, with the first death, a nurse at Mulago National Specialised Hospital in Kampala, being confirmed yesterday. </text>
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  <text>Uganda temporarily closes its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and imposes quarantine and health screening measures following the spread of Ebola cases in central Africa linked to the outbreak in the DRC. </text>
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