Ebola Cases In Guinea
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1st West African Case Of Deadly Marburg Virus Detected: WHO
Guinea confirmed a case of Marburg disease, the World Health Organization said on Monday, the first recorded in West Africa of the lethal virus that's related to Ebola and, like Covid-19, passed from animal hosts to humans.
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People Killed Due To Guinea Ebola Outbreak Rises To 7
A resurgence of Ebola in a rural Guinean community has killed seven people, health officials said Wednesday, even as the World Health Organization voiced confidence that remaining isolated cases could be contained.
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Guinea Government Says 2 People Have Died From Ebola
Two people from the same family have died from Ebola in Guinea, the government said Thursday, as the WHO declared a flare-up of the virus in neighbouring Sierra Leone over.
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Ebola: Profile Of A Prolific Killer
The worst outbreak of Ebola started in December 2013 in southern Guinea before spreading to two neighbouring west African countries. It has killed more than 11,300 people, out of 29,000 registered cases, according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.
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Guinea Says Has No Ebola Cases After Last Patient Recovers
Guinea's last known Ebola patient, a 19-day-old baby boy, has recovered and been released from a treatment centre in the capital Conakry, a health official said on Monday.
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Polio Resurfaces in Mali From Ebola-Hit Guinea: WHO
There is a high risk of polio spreading in Ebola-ravaged Guinea and Mali, the World Health Organization said on Monday, after a Guinean toddler travelled to Mali and became that country's first case of the crippling disease in more than four years.
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Sierra Leone Records No New Ebola Cases in a Week: WHO
Sierra Leone has not recorded a new case of Ebola in the last week, a first since the outbreak reached the country in March last year, the World Health Organization said Monday.
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Just 2 Ebola Cases Reported Last Week: WHO
Guinea and Sierra Leone only registered one new Ebola case each last week, the UN's health agency said on Wednesday, hailing dramatic improvements in monitoring but warning the danger was far from over.
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Liberia Confirms New Ebola Case as Outbreak Spreads
A Liberian woman has died of Ebola in a hospital in Monrovia shortly after being admitted, becoming the sixth confirmed case and second death since the virus resurfaced last month, a senior medical official said on Tuesday.
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New Liberia Ebola Case 'Genetically Similar' to First Outbreak: WHO
Tests on the first Ebola case in Liberia after a three month span when the West African country was declared Ebola-free are genetically similar to a 2014 outbreak, the UN health agency said Friday.
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Initial Ebola Test on Liberia Dog Carcass Negative: Sources
A dead dog suspected of being the possible source for the re-emergence of Ebola in Liberia has tested negative for the disease, two health officials citing initial findings said on Tuesday as two new cases were confirmed in the country.
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Ebola Returns to Sierra Leone Capital After 3-Week Gap
Sierra Leone has recorded two new cases of Ebola in Freetown in the past few days, disproving the assumption that the capital city had already defeated the deadly virus, officials said on Monday.
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Ebola Cases Rises Again in Guinea, Sierra Leone: WHO
The number of Ebola cases has risen in Guinea and Sierra Leone for the second consecutive week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
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Ebola Cases Surge in Guinea, Sierra Leone: WHO
Ebola-hit Guinea and Sierra Leone saw a spike in new cases last week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, dashing hopes that the deadly outbreak was petering out.
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Measles Cases Could Double in Ebola Affected Countries: Scientists
Measles cases could almost double in countries hardest hit by the West African Ebola outbreak as overwhelmed health systems are unable to maintain child immunisations, scientists said on Thursday.
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1st West African Case Of Deadly Marburg Virus Detected: WHO
Guinea confirmed a case of Marburg disease, the World Health Organization said on Monday, the first recorded in West Africa of the lethal virus that's related to Ebola and, like Covid-19, passed from animal hosts to humans.
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People Killed Due To Guinea Ebola Outbreak Rises To 7
A resurgence of Ebola in a rural Guinean community has killed seven people, health officials said Wednesday, even as the World Health Organization voiced confidence that remaining isolated cases could be contained.
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Guinea Government Says 2 People Have Died From Ebola
Two people from the same family have died from Ebola in Guinea, the government said Thursday, as the WHO declared a flare-up of the virus in neighbouring Sierra Leone over.
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Ebola: Profile Of A Prolific Killer
The worst outbreak of Ebola started in December 2013 in southern Guinea before spreading to two neighbouring west African countries. It has killed more than 11,300 people, out of 29,000 registered cases, according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.
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Guinea Says Has No Ebola Cases After Last Patient Recovers
Guinea's last known Ebola patient, a 19-day-old baby boy, has recovered and been released from a treatment centre in the capital Conakry, a health official said on Monday.
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Polio Resurfaces in Mali From Ebola-Hit Guinea: WHO
There is a high risk of polio spreading in Ebola-ravaged Guinea and Mali, the World Health Organization said on Monday, after a Guinean toddler travelled to Mali and became that country's first case of the crippling disease in more than four years.
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Sierra Leone Records No New Ebola Cases in a Week: WHO
Sierra Leone has not recorded a new case of Ebola in the last week, a first since the outbreak reached the country in March last year, the World Health Organization said Monday.
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Just 2 Ebola Cases Reported Last Week: WHO
Guinea and Sierra Leone only registered one new Ebola case each last week, the UN's health agency said on Wednesday, hailing dramatic improvements in monitoring but warning the danger was far from over.
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Liberia Confirms New Ebola Case as Outbreak Spreads
A Liberian woman has died of Ebola in a hospital in Monrovia shortly after being admitted, becoming the sixth confirmed case and second death since the virus resurfaced last month, a senior medical official said on Tuesday.
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New Liberia Ebola Case 'Genetically Similar' to First Outbreak: WHO
Tests on the first Ebola case in Liberia after a three month span when the West African country was declared Ebola-free are genetically similar to a 2014 outbreak, the UN health agency said Friday.
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Initial Ebola Test on Liberia Dog Carcass Negative: Sources
A dead dog suspected of being the possible source for the re-emergence of Ebola in Liberia has tested negative for the disease, two health officials citing initial findings said on Tuesday as two new cases were confirmed in the country.
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Ebola Returns to Sierra Leone Capital After 3-Week Gap
Sierra Leone has recorded two new cases of Ebola in Freetown in the past few days, disproving the assumption that the capital city had already defeated the deadly virus, officials said on Monday.
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Ebola Cases Rises Again in Guinea, Sierra Leone: WHO
The number of Ebola cases has risen in Guinea and Sierra Leone for the second consecutive week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
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Ebola Cases Surge in Guinea, Sierra Leone: WHO
Ebola-hit Guinea and Sierra Leone saw a spike in new cases last week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, dashing hopes that the deadly outbreak was petering out.
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Measles Cases Could Double in Ebola Affected Countries: Scientists
Measles cases could almost double in countries hardest hit by the West African Ebola outbreak as overwhelmed health systems are unable to maintain child immunisations, scientists said on Thursday.
