Ebola in guinea
Liberia on heightened alert after Guinea Ebola deaths
Guinea's Health Minister Remy Lamah told AFP on Saturday that four people had died of Ebola, the first deaths since a 2013-2016 epidemic -- which began in...
The latest case was detected in Macenta prefecture, about 200 kilometres from the village of Korokpara.
Four people were tested and two of them were found to have Ebola.
Two Liberian Red Cross officials were suspended in November, accused of misusing $1.8 million in donor funds.
Guinea was declared free of Ebola on Tuesday after more than 2,500 people died from the virus.
Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free in November while Guinea’s last known case recovered two weeks ago.
The baby’s recovery means Guinea can begin its 42-day countdown to declaring an end to outbreak.
Dr. Abdourahmane Bathily said the 68 contacts had emerged from quarantine at midnight on Saturday morning.
Doctors say handful of mystery deaths among discharged patients may also be types of Ebola relapses.
One case is in Forecariah while the other is in the capital Conakry.
The republic was declared Ebola-free in May but a fresh cluster of cases appeared.
Sierra Leone’s chief medical officer says two samples tested in Kambia had tested positive for Ebola.
'The world is on the brink of Ebola vaccine breakthrough'
The results were described as “remarkable” and “game changing” by global health specialists.
The worst recorded outbreak of Ebola has already killed more than 11,200 people across West Africa.
WHO said that donors had pledged $1.4 billion of an estimated $2.1 billion required by the three countries.
Response teams were sent to Masambio on Thursday to collect samples for testing.
The Ebola epidemic was detected in Guinea over a year ago and has since killed more than 11,000 people.
A total of 11,005 people have died from Ebola in the three West African neighbours since the outbreak.