Three people have died of Ebola in Guinea and authorities in the country are now tracking down people who potentially came in contact with Ebola patients. This while a vaccination campaign began in the DRC.
CONAKRY/KINSHASA - Guinea is tracking down people who potentially came in contact with Ebola patients and will rush out vaccines to the area as soon as it can get them, after three people died of the disease, Health Minister Remy Lamah said on Monday.
The 2013-2016 outbreak killed 11 300 people, mostly in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The second-deadliest known outbreak was declared last year in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but that country has also recorded new Ebola cases this month, alarming global health officials. The resurgence started after the funeral of a nurse who was buried in southeast Guinea at the beginning of February.