The Philippines has suspended macaque exports after an Ebola virus strain that is non-fatal to humans struck 20 monkeys, killing 11, officials said on Thursday.

Health Secretary Jannette Garin said the Ebola Reston Virus found in the monkeys in two undisclosed breeding facilities in the country that house an estimated 7,000 monkeys was the mildest strain and had no relation to the deadly strain that killed thousands of people in Africa.

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