By Tom Miles
GENEVA (Reuters) – 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.
Guinea was weeks away from joining Liberia in being
declared free of the virus that has killed more than 11,000 people in a
near 2-year rampage. Neighbouring Sierra Leone is also halfway through
the 42-day countdown to being Ebola-free.
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.
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