A second spike in Ebola virus cases in Guinea

Conakry (AFP) – A second spike in Ebola virus cases has panicked residents and health officials in Guinea, who fear a west African outbreak of the killer disease may now be out of control.

“Ebola cases are worrying. We do not know what to expect,” Mamady Traore, a trader in the suburbs of the capital Conakry, told AFP on Thursday. “Sometimes you are told it has been (contained) and sometimes you hear it has reappeared in other towns and villages.”

According to figures released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, a total of 398 cases of haemorrhagic fever — causing 264 deaths — have been reported in Guinea since the start of 2014…

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