EBola breaks out again. 3 new ebola cases reported

Three more people in Guinea have been infected
with the Ebola virus, a senior health official said on
Thursday, further dampening hopes of an imminent
end to the world’s worst recorded outbreak of the
disease.

Fode Sylla, spokesman for the national centre for the
fight against Ebola, made this known to newsmen in
Conakry.
“The three were infected in Forecariah in Western
Guinea from the family of a woman who died of
Ebola and whose body was handled without
appropriate protection.
“In all, nine sick people are being treated at our
centres throughout the country and most of them are
connected to the dead woman,” Sylla said.
He added that the authorities had known of the three
fresh cases since Saturday.
The epidemic began when a 2-year-old boy fell ill in a
remote Guinean village on December 26, 2013, and
risked dragging into a third year and into 2016.
According to UN, WHO figures, it has killed around
11,300 people out of around 28,500 known cases in
Guinea and neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone.
“Liberia was declared free of Ebola transmission on
September 3 after 42 days with no new cases, while
Sierra Leone will be declared Ebola free on
November 7, if there is no new transmission,” the
WHO said.
The 42-day countdown only starts once the last
patient tested negative a second time, normally after
a 48-hour gap following their first negative test.