Conakry – 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.
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. Of these, 254 were caused by Ebola.
The incurable disease is spread by contact with bodily fluids including sweat, meaning just touching an infected person is enough to spread the virus.
“The government can’t do anything to fight the disease,” taxi driver Abdoulaye Barry said of Ebola, one of the deadliest known viruses, which kills its victims by inducing unstoppable internal bleeding…
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