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Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has now spread to the country's seventh province, officials say

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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has now spread to seven provinces in the country, local authorities said. It's the fastest-growing...

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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has now spread to seven provinces in the country, local authorities said. It's the fastest-growing outbreak on record.

The governor of the northwestern province of Sud-Ubangi, Jean-Rene Galekwa Vundawe, said in a statement on Thursday that laboratory tests by Congo´s national research institute found in a sample the Bundibugyo virus, the rare kind of Ebola that caused the current outbreak.

Local media outlets reported the statement on Friday. Sud-Ubangi is the seventh province affected by the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo.

As of Wednesday, 6,942 cases and 3,349 deaths have been reported, according to the latest government figures.