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Suspected tuberculosis outbreak at Ecuador prison kills 10 inmates

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QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador’s prison authority said on Wednesday that 10 inmates at the Litoral prison in the capital Guayaquil were found dead between Monday and Tuesday, possibly from tuberculosis.

“Apparently the cause of death is tuberculosis. We are waiting for forensic results for an official determination,” the agency said.

(Reporting by Alexandra Valencia, Writing by Natalia Siniawski, Editing by Brendan O’Boyle)

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