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Why Ebola is back in Guinea and why the response must be different this time

Why Ebola is back in Guinea and why the response must be different this time

NEW reports of Ebola in Guinea are causing anxiety given the history of the West Africa outbreak of 2014-2016. This was the largest Ebola outbreak reported to date – 28,000 cases were recorded, including 11,000 deaths. It originated in Guinea and then spread to Sierra Leone and Liberia. The confirmed cases this time have been reported from the southeast of Guinea about 800km by road from the capital, Conakry, but only about 100km from various border points with Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire. The concern is that the virus could spread to other locations in Guinea as well as neighbouring countries…
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Congo confirms two new Ebola cases

Congo confirms two new Ebola cases

THE Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed two new cases of Ebola, including one far from the centre of the outbreak, provincial Health Minister Eugene Nzanzu Salita has disclosed. The cases were found in Katwa and in Manguredjipa, which is about 150 km (93 miles) west of the city of Butembo, where all the previous cases have been clustered. One of the new cases was a known contact of another patient, but investigations are under way for the second to know how he might have been infected, said Salita. Congo has now confirmed a total of six Ebola cases and…
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