{"id":34897,"date":"2026-05-19T19:30:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34897"},"modified":"2026-05-19T19:30:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:30:45","slug":"no-ebola-cases-at-drcs-kibali-mine-but-precautions-under-way-barrick","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/no-ebola-cases-at-drcs-kibali-mine-but-precautions-under-way-barrick\/","title":{"rendered":"No Ebola cases at DRC&#8217;s Kibali mine but precautions under way: Barrick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Barrick Mining has stepped up Ebola precautions at its Kibali gold mine in eastern \u200bDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC), \u200blaunching worker screening and tracking measures \u2060after a nearby outbreak, a \u200bspokesperson said in an emailed response \u200bto <i>Reuters<\/i>\u00a0on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">No workers had been infected, but the company was rolling \u200bout preventive measures in \u200bresponse to the outbreak, a Barrick Spokesperson \u200csaid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0\u2060The disease has killed 131 people, with health officials warning the toll could rise further.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Kibali, one of\u00a0\u200bAfrica&#8217;s biggest\u00a0\u200bgold\u00a0\u2060mines, is jointly owned by Barrick and AngloGold\u00a0\u200bAshanti which each hold\u00a0\u200b45%,\u00a0\u2060with Congolese state miner SOKIMO owning 10%. Barrick operates the mine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23934,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-34897","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"\u00a0\u2060The disease has killed 131 people, with health officials warning the toll could rise further.","published_date":"","news_description":"\u00a0\u2060The disease has killed 131 people, with health officials warning the toll could rise further.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34898,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34897\/revisions\/34898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}