Health officials turn to mobile-phone data to track Ebola spread in Congo

<p>DAKAR, Sept 3 - Health officials battling the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are using anonymised mobile-phone data to map population movements and identify areas where the virus could spread next, according to the World Health Organisation and researchers working with it.</p>

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