▁a ▁city ▁of ▁about ▁two ▁million ▁inhabitants . ▁ ▁Cont ain ment ▁efforts ▁ ▁Qu ar ant ines ▁and ▁travel ▁restrictions ▁ ▁In ▁August , ▁Guinea ' s ▁President ▁Al pha ▁Con de ▁declared ▁a ▁national ▁health ▁emer gency ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁out break . ▁He ▁stated ▁efforts ▁to ▁control ▁the ▁spread ▁of ▁the ▁E bol a ▁virus ▁would ▁include ▁forb idd ing ▁E bol a ▁patients ▁from ▁leaving ▁their ▁homes , ▁border ▁control , ▁travel ▁restrictions , ▁and ▁hospital ization ▁for ▁individuals ▁sus pected ▁to ▁be ▁inf ected ▁until ▁cleared ▁by ▁labor atory ▁results . ▁He ▁also ▁b anned ▁the ▁transport ing ▁of ▁the ▁dead ▁between ▁towns . ▁ ▁Good ▁disease ▁trac ing ▁was ▁important ▁to ▁prevent ▁the ▁out break ▁from ▁spread ing . ▁Pre vious ▁E bol a ▁out break s ▁had ▁occurred ▁in ▁remote ▁areas ▁making ▁contain ment ▁easier ; ▁the ▁West ▁African ▁out break ▁struck ▁in ▁an ▁area ▁that ▁lies ▁at ▁the ▁centre ▁of ▁both ▁a ▁highly - mobile ▁and ▁dens ely ▁populated ▁region ▁which ▁made ▁tracking ▁more ▁difficult : ▁ ▁" This ▁time , ▁the ▁virus ▁is ▁travel ing ▁effort lessly ▁across ▁borders ▁by ▁plane , ▁car ▁and ▁foot , ▁sh ifting ▁from ▁for ests ▁to ▁cities ▁and ▁spring ing ▁up ▁in ▁clusters ▁far ▁from ▁any ▁previously ▁known ▁in fe ctions . ▁Border ▁clos ures , ▁flight ▁b ans ▁and ▁mass ▁quar ant ines ▁have ▁been ▁in effect ive ." ▁ ▁Peter ▁Pi ot , ▁who ▁co - dis cover ed ▁E bol a , ▁said ▁E bol