something holding it back, page-3

re: something holding it back ?? might have been an early reaction to this..

February 18 2005 at 06:39PM

By Stephanie Nebehay

Geneva - An outbreak of plague in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 61 diamond miners and infected hundreds more, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.

Many of the 7 000 miners working in Zobia, north of the city of Kisangani, have fled since the outbreak began two months ago, and could have spread the highly contagious disease, the United Nations agency said.

"The epidemiological data is still incomplete but we are sure there are at least 61 deaths. The main problem is that due to panic, maybe two-thirds of the population ran away from the mine," Eric Bertherat, head of the WHO team, told reporters.

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