Officials feared Ebola would reach this transit hub. Now a second person has the disease

A second case of Ebola has been confirmed in Goma, a major transit hub in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the Rwandan border, according to the World Health Organization

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"Sad news coming from Goma, DRC -- the second Ebola case has been confirmed," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the organization's director general, said on Twitter. Health officials have feared Ebola's arrival in the city for months. Goma is home to a highly mobile population of more than 1 million, which makes the risk of the disease spreading high, Ghebreyesus has warned."This is an event we have anticipated.

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