CONAKRY, Guinea — Four people have died of Ebola in Guinea in the first resurgence of the disease in five years, the country’s health minister said Saturday.
Remy Lamah told AFP officials were “really concerned” about the deaths, the first since a 2013-2016 epidemic — which began in Guinea — left 11,300 dead across the region.
One of the latest victims in Guinea was a nurse who fell ill in late January and was buried on February 1, National Health Security Agency head Sakoba Keita told local media.
“Among those who took part in the burial, eight people showed symptoms: diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding,” he said.
“Three of them died and four others are in hospital.”
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