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Ebola outbreak could cost Africa up to $3.6 billion, UN says

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GENEVA, June ‌30 (Reuters) - The United ​Nations said on Tuesday ⁠that an Ebola outbreak could cost Africa ​up to $3.6 billion and hundreds ‌of thousands of jobs, potentially causing a development ⁠crisis. 

"If we have ⁠the resources and we step up, we can contain this outbreak ‌and prevent further losses," ⁠said Damien ‌Mama, United Nations ​Development Programme Resident Representative in the Democratic ‌Republic of Congo.

"If ​we ⁠do not, this health ‌emergency risks ⁠becoming a much deeper and prolonged development crisis ​across the ‌region and potentially the ⁠continent."

(Reporting by ​Emma Farge, editing by ​Thomas Seythal)

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