DR Congo Ebola outbreak: Miners continue working despite risk of exposure

Medical workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are struggling to contain Ebola in eastern mining communities where informal gold digging is a lifeline.

In Iga-Barriere, miners say displacement and poverty leave them little choice, even as close contact makes transmission hard to prevent.

Al Jazeera’s Caley Callahan reports.

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