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WHO Watches for Ebola Infections in Congo

By Alex Chadwick
Published February 5, 2003 at 9:00 PM PST

The World Health Organization sends an emergency medical team to the Republic of Congo to watch for human infections, after the Ebola virus claims entire families of gorillas. NPR's Alex Chadwick reports.

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Alex Chadwick
For more than 30 years, Alex Chadwick has been bringing the world to NPR listeners as an NPR News producer, program host and currently senior correspondent. He's reported from every continent except Antarctica.