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Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo hamper efforts to contain Ebola outbreak
Health workers in eastern Congo are struggling to contain an Ebola outbreak as mobile gold miners — including children like 11-year-old Isaac Batisa — constantly move between mining sites, spreading the virus and making contact tracing difficult. The region is simultaneously gripped by poverty that forces families to send children to work in the mines. The miners' mobility severely hampers vaccination and contact-tracing efforts.
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