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- School roof collapse kills dozens in Pakistan
- Kenya confirms a second Ebola case
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Sources
- RechercheCasualty figures differed between the supplied reports: BBC reported 33 pupils and a teacher killed, citing hospital officials; CBC’s Associated Press report said at least 28 children and a teacher were killed and more than 50 people injured, citing authorities and a hospital official.
- RecherchePeshawar police chief Saeed Ahmed said the school’s owner had been arrested, and CBC reported that the cause of the collapse was under investigation.
- 35 killed in school roof collapse in northwestern Pakistan
- Albanian Daily News
- School roof collapses in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 35 people | Education News | Al Jazeera
- Pakistan: Dozens of children killed in the collapse of school roof - Vatican News
- Pakistan school roof collapse kills 28; more deaths feared
- RechercheThe BBC reports that the current outbreak in DR Congo began in May and is caused by the Bundibugyo species of Ebola; it describes the species as relatively rare and says no vaccine or treatment is approved for it, while trials are under way.
- RechercheThe first case generated about 128 identified contacts; 108 were placed in quarantine, and the second patient was among those quarantined, according to Kenya’s Ministry of Health as reported by AP.