The latest reports have shown a fifth person has did due to Ebola in southeast Guinea since 17 March amid growing concerns that there might be a new Ebola outbreak in the country. The latest case was detected in Macenta prefecture, which is around 200 kilo-meters from the village of Korokpara where the four other recent Ebola-related deaths occurred, according to FodeSyllaTass, spokesman for National Coordination of the Fight against Ebola in Guinea. The man had recently visited Korokpara and had been in direct contact with the first patients. The cases were reported just hours after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the outbreak is over in Sierra Leone, which is a neighbouring country. All of them were from Korokpara, a village where three people from the same family have died from diarrhoea and vomiting in the previous few weeks. Health workers have increased efforts to find out if anyone else came in contact with the family to check for infections. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone were among the worst affected countries in the Ebola epidemic as more than 11300 people have died since the outbreak began in 2013. The epidemic is believed to have started in Guinea and the WHO has warned that Ebola could resurface at any time as it exists in eyes, central nervous system and bodily fluids of some survivors.
Reports show a fifth person in south east Guinea has died from Ebola since 17 March , raising concerns of a fresh outbreak in the country . The latest victim had recently visited Korokpara , where the first two deaths occurred , before returning home to Macenta , some 200 km away .