Ebola has killed at least 59 people in Guinea and there are fears the virus may have spread to neighbouring Sierra Leone, world health officials have said. Cases of the disease, which can kill 90 percent of those infected, have been registered in three southeastern towns and in the Guinean capital, Conakry, since Februrary 9. They are the first recorded cases in the country. It is indeed Ebola fever. A laboratory in Lyon, France, confirmed the information, Damantang Albert Camara, a government spokesman, told the Reuters news agency. Dr Sakoba Keita, who leads the epidemics prevention division at Guineas health ministry, said that officials had registered 80 suspected cases of the disease, including 59 deaths. But you have to understand that not all the cases are necessarily due to Ebola fever. Some will have other origins, including a form of severe dysentery, Keita said. Officials from the World Health Organisation said that cases showing similar symptoms - fever, diarrhoea, vomiting and bleeding - had also been reported in an area of Sierra Leone near the border with Guinea.uk.news.yahoo/ebola-alert-grips-guinea-sierra-leone-023754781.html#AQg4fDp
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 10:55:03 +0000