New Ebola case emerges in Sierra Leone
- 8 years ago
A new Ebola case has been confirmed in Sierra Leone, the day after the World Health Organization said the outbreak in West Africa was over.
The country's government rapidly responded to the new case and a team is investigating its origin and trying to stop it from spreading, the WHO said in a statement.
Francis Langoba Kelly, spokesman for Sierra Leone's Office of National Security, told local radio Friday that tests on a woman who died in the country’s north earlier this month were positive for the virus, the Associated Press reported.
Kelly said the country’s level of preparedness is high and there is no cause for concern, according to the news agency.
The WHO said it stressed in its statement declaring the outbreak over on Thursday that the virus could return in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone because it persists in survivors after they have recovered.
The country's government rapidly responded to the new case and a team is investigating its origin and trying to stop it from spreading, the WHO said in a statement.
Francis Langoba Kelly, spokesman for Sierra Leone's Office of National Security, told local radio Friday that tests on a woman who died in the country’s north earlier this month were positive for the virus, the Associated Press reported.
Kelly said the country’s level of preparedness is high and there is no cause for concern, according to the news agency.
The WHO said it stressed in its statement declaring the outbreak over on Thursday that the virus could return in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone because it persists in survivors after they have recovered.