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Hong Kong should trigger travel alert to Congo, Uganda amid Ebola outbreak, expert says

Hong Kong authorities should step up preventive measures and issue a travel alert to warn residents against visiting parts of central Africa as an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda threatens to worsen, an infectious disease expert has said. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday. Soon after, the Hong Kong government announced it would strengthen health screenings of incoming passengers at the...