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The return of Ebola

The return of Ebola

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A new Ebola outbreak, driven by a rare strain of the virus, has struck the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The rapid rise in cases and deaths suggests that the virus had been circulating for some time before the alarm was raised. So why wasn’t it detected sooner? And have recent international aid cuts made us more vulnerable to outbreaks of infectious diseases?


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Guest: Paul Hunter, professor in medicine, University of East Anglia.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Micaela Arneson, Julia Webster.

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Clips: PBS, AFP.

Photo: Getty Images.



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