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New Ebola treatment cures symptoms in just an hour

After researching the Ebola virus for over fifty years, Dr Jean Jacque Muyembe and his team have announced a new cure that has proved effective in curing 90% of Ebola patients when symptoms are reported early. Speaking to Focus on Africa's Esau Williams, Dr Muyembe defines the discovery as "the achievement of a lifetime".

(Photo: Dr Jean Jacque Muyembe. Credit: MATTHIEU ALEXANDRE/AFP/Getty Images

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