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# 2 People Die of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo

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## Sam Frizell


Aug 24, 2014 8:24 PM UTC

by 

[Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/)


## Sam Frizell


Aug 24, 2014 8:24 PM UTC

Two people have [died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/24/minister-two-people-died-ebola-congo/14531545/), though the cases may be unrelated to the outbreak in West Africa that has killed more than 1,400 people.

Of eight samples taken in the Boende region of Congo’s northwest Equateur province, two came back positive, Health Minister Felix Kabange Numbi said Sunday, the Associated Press reports. Eleven people are sick and in isolation, and 80 contacts are being traced.

“This epidemic has nothing to do with the one in West Africa,” Kabange said.

Ebola has killed 13 people in the region, including five health workers. The current cases are part of the seventh outbreak of Ebola in Congo, where the disease was first discovered in 1976.

\[[_AP_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/24/minister-two-people-died-ebola-congo/14531545/)\]

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