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Eby ‘optimistic’ about upcoming health care talks in Ottawa; feds keep cards close to vest

Premier David Eby said he is optimistic about hammering out a health care agreement with the federal government next week, but it is not yet clear how much Ottawa is prepared to pony up.

“It’s always preferable to go into the meeting understanding what the parameters are, but I have to say for myself and for British Columbia, I’m glad that we have overcome that hurdle that stood in our way for too long of not even sitting around the table and talking about this,” Eby said.

He made these comments while speaking to reporters in Ottawa, flanked by six cabinet ministers part of a provincial delegation.

Eby will join other provincial and territorial leaders in Ottawa Feb. 7 to discuss health-care funding. Premiere on Jan. 30 released a joint statement calling on the federal government to increase funding from 22 per cent to 35 per cent under the Canada

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Three die from mystery disease that kills within 24 hours – as town quarantined quarantined

A MYSTERIOUS ‘nosebleed’ disease has claimed the lives of three people in Burundi, west Africa.

All those who died in the landlocked country passed away within 24 hours of showing symptoms, local media website SOS Media Burundi reports.

The map above shows the areas where Marburg deaths have occurred in Africa since February 2023

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The map above shows the areas where Marburg deaths have occurred in Africa since February 2023
Health authorities scrambling to contain the virus have quarantined the area of ​​Baziro

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Health authorities scrambling to contain the virus have quarantined the area of ​​BaziroCredit: Getty – Contributor

Symptoms of the illness include fever, headaches, vomiting, abdominal pain, dizziness and nosebleeds.

Health authorities scrambling to contain the virus have quarantined the area of ​​Baziro – where two of the infected people were moved to and treated.

“It’s a disease that kills quickly,” a panicked nurse from the Migwa health center told the news site. “It’s terrible, we are all waiting for death.”

It’s understood she was working at a health care center that received two

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