Friday, October 16, 2015

Two New Ebola Cases Found in Guinea, Dashing Hopes


Reuters, 16/10 16:28 CET

By Tom Miles

GENEVA (Reuters) – Two people have fallen ill with Ebola in Guinea, the World Health Organization said on Friday, dashing hopes of an imminent end to the worst recorded outbreak of the disease after a two-week spell without any new cases across West Africa.

Guinea was weeks away from joining Liberia in being declared free of the virus that has killed more than 11,000 people in a near 2-year rampage. Neighbouring Sierra Leone is also halfway through the 42-day countdown to being Ebola-free.

Authorities in Guinea said one of the cases, in Forecariah, western Guinea, appeared to be linked to a previously known chain of infection, while the other in the capital Conakry appeared to be new.

“On the bumpy road we keep talking about – the high risk of recurrence – once again we are navigating a few bumps,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told a briefing in Geneva. 

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Source: Euronews 

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