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Details on Ebola outbreak as Americans urged to avoid travel to Congo, Uganda, South Sudan
The State Department on Tuesday strongly urged Americans to avoid travel to Congo, Uganda and South Sudan because of the Ebola outbreak there. More than 130 people have already died. Mark Strassmann has more.

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According to CBS News’s source item, Details on Ebola outbreak as Americans urged to avoid travel to Congo, Uganda, South Sudan, The State Department on Tuesday strongly urged Americans to avoid travel to Congo, Uganda and South Sudan because of the Ebola outbreak there. More than 130 people have already died. Mark Strassmann has more.
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