As a new Ebola outbreak rages in Congo, some of the first Ebola virus patients to be successfully treated in the U.S. during the deadliest recorded outbreak five years ago are reuniting with their doctors.
But many others are at risk of exposure. The man in his 40s was a miner returning from an area of northeastern Ituri province, the World Health Organization has said. It remains unclear where he was exposed to the virus along the 300-mile journey to Goma and whom else he could have infected while taking motor taxis over a number of days through the densely populated region at the heart of the outbreak.
World Health Organization officials have praised African nations for keeping their borders open to date. "I can't understand why they don't just test us instead of closing these borders," said Angel Murhula, who works in Rwanda. WHO has recommended against travel restrictions amid the outbreak but says the risk of regional spread is"very high." Any border closure is likely to push people to avoid official crossings equipped with hand-washing stations and where people are checked for signs of fever or other Ebola symptoms.
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