Health | Fri Oct 16, 2015 10:25am EDT Related: HEALTH
Two new Ebola cases found in Guinea, dashing hopes
GENEVA | BY TOM MILES
Two people have fallen ill with Ebola in Guinea, the World Health Organization said on Friday, dashing hopes of an imminent end to the worst recorded outbreak of the disease after a two-week spell without any new cases across West Africa.
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Authorities in Guinea said one of the cases, in Forecariah, western Guinea, appeared to be linked to a previously known chain of infection, while the other in the capital Conakry appeared to be new.
"On the bumpy road we keep talking about - the high risk of recurrence - once again we are navigating a few bumps," WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told a briefing in Geneva
"Of course we didn't want it, but we did expect it. Guinea hadn't got to the stage where we were looking at 42 days."
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Two new Ebola cases found in Guinea, dashing hopes
GENEVA | BY TOM MILES
Two people have fallen ill with Ebola in Guinea, the World Health Organization said on Friday, dashing hopes of an imminent end to the worst recorded outbreak of the disease after a two-week spell without any new cases across West Africa.
...
Authorities in Guinea said one of the cases, in Forecariah, western Guinea, appeared to be linked to a previously known chain of infection, while the other in the capital Conakry appeared to be new.
"On the bumpy road we keep talking about - the high risk of recurrence - once again we are navigating a few bumps," WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told a briefing in Geneva
"Of course we didn't want it, but we did expect it. Guinea hadn't got to the stage where we were looking at 42 days."
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