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Ebola outbreak spreads to crowded displacement camp in Congo

# The UN refugee agency ‌has confirmed the first Ebola-related deaths in a displacement camp in eastern Congo, as aid workers warned of a high risk the disease could spread rapidly in overcrowded sites. The UNHCR said in a ​report the two victims were internally displaced people living in the Kpangba camp, which hosts 30-thousand internally displaced people. The virus has now spread across three provinces since the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak a public health ​emergency of international concern on the 17th of last month.