Congo slaps quarantine on Ebola outbreak area

Congo slaps quarantine on Ebola outbreak area
Tue 11 Sep 2007, 13:24 GMT

Damn, wonder if I'll get sent to the Congo..

By Lubunga Bya'Ombe

KINSHASA, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Authorities placed two towns in southern Democratic Republic of Congo in quarantine on Tuesday to contain an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever, a deadly disease for which there is no treatment.

Health authorities in Congo's southern province of Kasai Occidental had reported more than 160 deaths among 352 sick people in the past four months due to a mystery fever.

Five samples sent to a laboratory in Gabon and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the presence of the Ebola virus, Health Minister Victor Makuenge Kaput said late on Monday...[more]