Ebola Breakout in Congo

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People crossing the border have their temperature taken to check for symptoms of Ebola, at the border crossing near Kasindi, eastern Congo Wednesday, June 12, 2019, just across from the Ugandan town of Bwera. In Uganda, a 5-year-old boy vomiting blood became the first cross-border victim of Ebola in the current outbreak on Wednesday, while two more people in Uganda tested positive for the highly contagious disease that has killed nearly 1,400 in Congo. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro)
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People crossing the border have their temperature taken to check for symptoms of Ebola, at the border crossing near Kasindi, eastern Congo Wednesday, June 12, 2019, just across from the Ugandan town of Bwera. In Uganda, a 5-year-old boy vomiting blood became the first cross-border victim of Ebola in the current outbreak on Wednesday, while two more people in Uganda tested positive for the highly contagious disease that has killed nearly 1,400 in Congo. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro)

House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Chair and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) questioned the head of the Center for Disease Control & Prevention about the outbreak of ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the DRC, health workers are being attacked as locals are suspicious the virus is real.

Click ▶️ to listen to April Ryan’s White House Report:

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