Tag: ebola
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Sierra Leone investigating suspected Ebola death: health ministry
Sierra Leone's Health Ministry said on Thursday it was investigating a suspected Ebola death in Tonkolili district, hours after the World Health Organization said transmission of the virus in West Africa had ended. “A suspected Ebola death has been reported in Tonkolili district today,” said a note sent by the ministry to health officials in…
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Guinea Ebola outbreak is over, WHO declares
The UN's health agency on Tuesday declared Guinea's Ebola outbreak over two years after it emerged, spreading death across west Africa and pushing the region's worst-hit communities to the brink of collapse. “Today the World Health Organization (WHO) declares the end of Ebola virus transmission in the Republic of Guinea,” the UN agency said in…
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Sierra Leone declared free of Ebola transmissions
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — The World Health Organization declared Sierra Leone free from Ebola transmissions on Saturday, as West Africa battles to stamp out the deadly virus that is holding on in neighboring Guinea.