Ebola outbreaks occur primarily in remote villages in Central and West Africa, near tropical rainforests, says the WHO. The most frequently affected countries are further east: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Sudan. This outbreak is unusual because it is centred on West Africa and is spreading to urban areas. This outbreak began in Nzerekore, a remote area of south-eastern Guinea, but has now reached capital Conakry (population: two million). Four people have died in neighbouring Liberia. Sierra Leona has reported five suspected cases, but none has yet been confirmed. One of the Liberian deaths was of a woman married to a Guinean national. She died in Liberia but caught the disease in Guinea. The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says the outbreak is unprecedented in the way the cases are scattered in multiple locations across Guinea, hundreds of kilometres apart.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 01:38:46 +0000
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