Fresh Ebola outbreak kills five in Guinea

Our ReporterFive people have died of Ebola in Guinea, the health agency has said, as the government and aid groups begin to roll out their response to the outbreak.It is the first resurgence of the disease in the West African country since the worlds worst outbreak between 2013 and 2016 that left more than 11,300 dead in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.According to an epidemiological report by the countrys health agency dated February 15, five people have now succumbed to the virus, rising from a death toll of four reported earlier on Monday.Only one of the victims was confirmed positive for Ebola, with the remaining four listed as probable cases.Two other people have tested positive, the health agency said, while another 10 are showing symptoms.The first confirmed victim was a 51-year-old nurse, who died in late January. She was from Nzerekore near the town of Gouecke in the forested south of the country.Two of the nurses brothers who attended her funeral on February 1 in Gouecke have also died, a health official who requested anonymity said.They had fallen ill with diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding after attending the burial.It remains unclear who the other victims are, or whether they attended the nurses funeral.READ ALSO:WHO worried over four suspected Ebola deaths in GuineaThe UNs Guinea office tweeted that the first flight carrying experts and sanitary equipment arrived in Nzerekore on Monday.Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana said Guinea had set up structures to deal with this type of epidemic.No panic, lets respect the sanitary instructions. Ebola will be defeated again, he tweeted.Ebola causes severe fever and, in the worst cases, unstoppable bleeding. It is transmitted through close contact with bodily fluids, and people who live with or care for patients are most at risk.An NGO official who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity said he was concerned because health workers had not yet identified who infected the nurse.(www.newsnow.co.uk)
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