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Survivor of Ebola outbreak five years ago likely triggered the ongoing outbreak in Guinea
•The outbreak first recognized in Guinea in January has reportedly infected at least 18 people and killed nine so far.
Ebola survivor infected years ago may have started new outbreak in Guinea, claim researchers
•The survivor harboured the virus for at least five years and then transmitted it via semen to a sex partner, researchers reported in articles published in Science and Stat. Until now, the longest the ebola virus had been known to persist in a survivor was 500 days
Ebola outbreak: Guinea to begin vaccination drive after storm-delayed plane arrives
•Authorities said some of the doses would head straight to Nzerekore, the capital of Guinea's southeastern forest region where five people have recently died of Ebola.
Why is Ebola back in Guinea? What have we learnt from past outbreaks?
•Access to healthcare in Guinea has improved marginally over the years but the country still struggles with one of the worst health-care infrastructures in the world.
Guinea declares Ebola epidemic after first deaths since 2016, WHO launches ground survey
Trendingdesk •WHO is reportedly helping Guinea to obtain the Ebola vaccine, which proved instrumental in controlling outbreaks in the DRC.
Guinea now in an 'Ebola epidemic situation', confirms nation's health chief; three dead so far
•The cases marked the first known resurgence of the virus in West Africa since the 2016 epidemic that left more than 11,300 dead across the region
West Africa braces to combat first Ebola outbreak in five years as COVID-19 stretches limited health resources
•Patients have been isolated and an investigation was ordered to determine the home villages of all who took part in the burial to carry out contact tracing, said head of National Agency for Health Security
Guinea declares Ebola epidemic after 7 confirmed cases and three deaths: All you need to know
Trendingdesk •National Health Security Agency head Sakoba Keita told local media on Saturday that one of the latest Ebola victims in Guinea was a nurse who fell in late January and was buried on 1 February. Keita also told local media that one patient had escapes but had been found and hospitalised in the capital Conkry.
Another Ebola outbreak looms in Congo after a woman dies due to the virus
•While the source of contamination is still unknown, the woman who died was the wife of an Ebola survivor, according to the government.
Six months after first Ebola case recorded, outbreak in Congo comes to an end
Tech2 News Staff •The WHO along with its partners have treated and vaccinated more than 40,000 people at high risk, across dense rainforests and crowded urban areas.