Confirmed: Sierra Leone’s dead patient had Ebola

Confirmed: Sierra Leone’s dead patient had Ebola

Friday, January 15, 2016 9:32 am


Sierra Leone: an Ebola Patient, Adama Fankoh cheered as she goes home in August 2015

Sierra Leone: an Ebola Patient, Adama Fankoh cheered as she goes home in August 2015

A body has tested positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone, a spokesman for a government-run Ebola centre said late on Thursday.

The confirmation came  t hours after the World Health Organization said transmission of the virus in West Africa had ended, although the agency also warned about possible flare-ups.

Two swab tests carried out on the deceased person by British health organization Public Health England came back positive in the north of the country, the spokesman said late on Thursday.

The country had been declared free of the virus on Nov. 7.

 


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