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Africa: Subsaharan
Ebola town quarantined in Congo
2005-05-22
Authorities have sealed off the town at the centre of an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Congo in an attempt the stop the disease from spreading. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has placed the town of Etoumbi in north-western Congo under quarantine. Nothing is allowed in or out unless specially treated. Food is expected to be delivered today. Nine people have died so far in the outbreak which began about two weeks ago. It is believed that people became sick after eating a dead monkey that they found in the forest. Such meat remains a delicacy in the area despite warnings from health workers that it can be diseased. In the same region in 2003, 120 people died of Ebola.
Posted by:Spavirt Pheng6042

#7  So much for the thought of going to the Congo for summer vacation.

Thank you, mom. It's nice to have company amongst all these happily rough men. Shall we retire to the sitting room while they pee in the spittoon?
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-05-22 22:22  

#6  MOM...he was just saying..
Posted by: teenager   2005-05-22 21:33  

#5  sanitation doesn't exist out there. Nor are foods thoroughly cooked.

phil_b, your comment was unnecessary.
Posted by: mom   2005-05-22 19:28  

#4  Ebola can be spread by sexual contact, so they may not have eaten the monkey.
Posted by: phil_b   2005-05-22 19:17  

#3  There goes McDonalds new idea "The McMonkey" down the drain. "you want fleas with that?"
Posted by: Soaz   2005-05-22 18:54  

#2  Rotten Monkey Meat Rub

rat tail powder
drano
bat dung powder
essence of slug
4 qts. cobweb
sprinkle with leopard piss
and salt to taste



BAM!
Posted by: Emeril   2005-05-22 14:10  

#1  EGADS.....rotten old dead monkey meat.
Posted by: DIM YUK   2005-05-22 02:50  

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