Sierra confirms new Ebola case, second in less than a week

  • 2/10/2023
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FREETOWN, Rabi'II 11, 1437, January 21, 2016, SPA -- Sierra Leone confirmed a new case of Ebola on Wednesday, its second in less than a week, marking a further setback in efforts to end a two-year West African epidemic that has killed more than 11,300 people, according to Reuters. Health ministry spokesman Sidi Yahyah Tunis described the new patient as a 38-year-old woman, a relative who had helped care for the earlier victim Mariatu Jalloh. Jalloh died from the disease on Jan. 12, and tested positive for Ebola posthumously. --SPA 01:18 LOCAL TIME 22:18 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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