Is Ebola virus disease back in Guinea? In any case, this is what the Gu?ck?dou laboratory thinks, which examined samples taken following four suspicious deaths recorded in Gou?k?, in the N'Z?r?kor? prefecture. The information was confirmed by Dr Sakoba Ke?ta, director general of the National Health Security Agency, interviewed by Guineematin.com in the afternoon of this Saturday, February 13, 2021.
“There is a nurse from Gou?k? who fell ill towards the end of January. She died between 27 and January 28 and was buried on 1 st February to Gou?k?. Among those who attended the funeral, there were 8 people who exhibited signs: diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding. Three of them died and four others are hospitalized in N'Z?r?kor?.
The last one had escaped, but we caught up with him last night, he is currently in Nongo (Conakry). So we asked our agents to take samples which were sent to the Gu?ck?dou laboratory. This laboratory gave the results of the examinations today around 2 pm; and they think it is Ebola virus disease, ”he said.
However, health authorities remain cautious for the moment. Dr Sakoba Ke?ta announces that a second test will be carried out in the coming hours in Conakry to verify whether it is indeed Ebola or not. “We asked that we send a sample that will arrive this very evening in Conakry and we also took the patient who is there. We are going to do new examinations because when an illness has just started, we always have to make reconfirmations.
Tomorrow, around 1 pm, we will have the results to know if this is reconfirmed. In the meantime, my team headed by the DRS (regional health director) of N'Z?r?kor? to identify all the contacts and isolate them, ”said the director general of the National Health Security Agency (ANSS).
Between the end of 2013 and the end of 2015, the Ebola epidemic officially produced 2,536 out of 3,804 cases recorded in Guinea.
“There is a nurse from Gou?k? who fell ill towards the end of January. She died between 27 and January 28 and was buried on 1 st February to Gou?k?. Among those who attended the funeral, there were 8 people who exhibited signs: diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding. Three of them died and four others are hospitalized in N'Z?r?kor?.
The last one had escaped, but we caught up with him last night, he is currently in Nongo (Conakry). So we asked our agents to take samples which were sent to the Gu?ck?dou laboratory. This laboratory gave the results of the examinations today around 2 pm; and they think it is Ebola virus disease, ”he said.
However, health authorities remain cautious for the moment. Dr Sakoba Ke?ta announces that a second test will be carried out in the coming hours in Conakry to verify whether it is indeed Ebola or not. “We asked that we send a sample that will arrive this very evening in Conakry and we also took the patient who is there. We are going to do new examinations because when an illness has just started, we always have to make reconfirmations.
Tomorrow, around 1 pm, we will have the results to know if this is reconfirmed. In the meantime, my team headed by the DRS (regional health director) of N'Z?r?kor? to identify all the contacts and isolate them, ”said the director general of the National Health Security Agency (ANSS).
Between the end of 2013 and the end of 2015, the Ebola epidemic officially produced 2,536 out of 3,804 cases recorded in Guinea.
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