Guinea's latest Ebola outbreak that killed 12 people has ended, says WHO- Technology News, Firstpost
Agence France-PresseJun 21, 2021 10:40:42 IST
Guinea has declared an end to an Ebola outbreak that emerged in February and killed 12 people, according to the World Health Organization.
The latest outbreak was the first to emerge in Guinea since a deadly outbreak from 2014 to 2016 killed more than 11,300 people in West Africa. That originated in the same region before spreading to neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Guinea’s latest outbreak was declared 14 February after three cases were detected in Gouecke, a rural community in the southern N’zerekore prefecture. There were 16 confirmed and seven probable cases.
“I commend the affected communities, the government and people of Guinea, health workers, partners and everyone else whose dedicated efforts made it possible to contain this Ebola outbreak,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.
