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August 5, 2019
Congolese President said twelve people were orderedto undergo testing for possible Ebola infection in Goma, days after threepatients in the densely populated city tested positive for the disease.
It added that six others suspected of carrying thevirus were discharged after testing negative on Friday.
A one-year-old girl became the third patient to testpositive for Ebola in Goma, local officials said.
She is the daughter of the second patient, a goldminer, who died earlier in the week.
His wife, also infected, and the young girl were instable condition.
Goma is the capital of North Kivu province, whichhas borne the brunt of the year-old epidemic that has claimed more than 1,800lives.
Other countries in the region fear the virus couldspread from D.R. Congo to their territories.