Guinea declares Ebola epidemic after 4 deaths

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Guinea on Sunday (native time) has declared an Ebola epidemic after 4 individuals died and 7 others turned in poor health within the southeastern area of Nzerekore. According to a report by Al Jazeera, seven individuals fell in poor health with diarrhoea, vomiting and bleeding after attending a burial in Goueke, close to the Liberian border. The contaminated sufferers have been saved in isolation in remedy centres, the well being ministry mentioned.
“Faced with this situation and in accordance with international health regulations, the Guinean government declares an Ebola epidemic,” the ministry mentioned in an announcement.
Speaking on how the epidemic started, Dr Yuma Taido, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, informed Al Jazeera, “We are preparing to manage the outbreak. We cannot explain yet how this epidemic came about. The response teams are heading to the epicentre of the outbreak from today.”
Meanwhile, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, mentioned, “WHO is supporting the authorities to set up testing, contact-tracing and treatment structures and to bring the overall response to full speed”.

“Initial investigations found that a nurse from the local health facility died on January 28, 2021. Following her burial, six people who attended the funeral reported Ebola-like symptoms and two of them have died, while the other four have been hospitalized,” the WHO mentioned in a Sunday assertion.
“Very concerned by reports of 4 suspected Ebola deaths in Guinea. WHO is ramping up readiness and response efforts to this potential resurgence of #Ebola in West Africa, a region which suffered so much from Ebola in 2014,” the WHO regional director mentioned on Twitter.
According to Sputnik’s report, the WHO has already began supporting Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo authorities which have been on excessive alert amid experiences of rising new Ebola circumstances. 
(With inputs from ANI)

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