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Samuel Roger Kamba
Politician
Congolese health minister addressing the Ebola outbreak.
Notable Quotes
"one of the reasons the virus spread so quickly was the number of people exposed to the body during the funeral ceremony."View Story →
"We know that the hospitals are already under stress because of the patients."View Story →
"That caused the Ebola outbreak to escalate."View Story →
"authorities had registered 159 deaths"View Story →
"Authorities had registered 159 deaths."View Story →
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