First Ebola case in months recorded in Sierra Leone's Kailahun

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Johannesburg, Jumada II 16, 1436, Apr 5, 2015, SPA -- Sierra Leone's eastern Kailahun district has recorded its first case of Ebola in 112 days, dpa cited the Sierra Leone Telegraph newspaper as reporting Sunday. The government announced the Ebola-induced death of a nine-month-old boy in a hospital in Kailahun, once awash with the virus. Sierra Leone is one of the countries hardest hit by an Ebola epidemic, with more than 11,800 reported infections and over 3,700 deaths. The worst Ebola outbreak so far has killed nearly 10,500 people, mainly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. --SPA 15:59 LOCAL TIME 12:59 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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