Five people have now died of Ebola in Guinea, with the first victim being a 51-year-old nurse, who died in January. Two of the nurse s brothers who attended her funeral in February have since died.
West Africa on Sunday faced its first known Ebola resurgence since the end of a devastating outbreak in 2016, with Guinea responding to what its health chief called an “epidemic” after seven cases were confirmed and three deaths.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic stretching health resources across the world, Guinea and the WHO say they are better prepared to deal with Ebola now than they were five years ago because of good progress on vaccines.
The WHO said it would rush assistance to Guinea and seek to ensure that it receives adequate inoculations, as neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone went on high alert
Three people have died of Ebola, and another five have tested positive for the virus in southeastern Guinea after attending a burial. It is the first possible resurgence in the country since 2013-2016 outbreak.