An Ebola vaccination campaign is being carried out in Goma, North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Health workers have been vaccinating people to prevent an outbreak after a patient diagnosed with Ebola died recently. The case is the first in a major urban hub in the region.
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Goma, which has a population of around one million, is the capital of North Kivu province, the epicentre of the recent Ebola zoutbreak
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Two people have died and 130 have fallen ill since the fever returned to the country last month.
The deceased has been confirmed as the grandmother of the five-year-old boy who died.
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The first hospital to use the service was New Tafo, a government hospital in Accra.
Officials say the outbreak may have been caused in part by a refusal of vaccinations