Guinea in West Africa confirms its first confirmed case a week after closing its borders . A year - old Conakry University student is infected and was placed in quarantine . Senegal is the fifth country in the region where the virus has spread . Officials in Guinea alerted Senegal on Wednesday after losing track of the young student . Senegal closes its western border on August 21 amid the deadliest Ebola outbreak ever .
Guinea in West Africa confirms its first confirmed case a week after closing its borders . A year - old Conakry University student is infected and was placed in quarantine . Officials in Guinea alerted Senegal on Wednesday after losing track of the young student . Senegal closes its western border on August 21 amid the deadliest Ebola outbreak ever .