‘Guinea’s Ebola death toll hits 47’

Death toll from an Ebola outbreak in Guinea has hit 47 so far this year, the country’s Health Ministry says.

Since January, there have been 121 confirmed cases of Ebola in Guinea, the ministry said on Tuesday.

The ministry added that it had “no new cases of Ebola recorded” since Sunday, and said that four people were being treated in the capital Conakry, and six others in Gueckedou, in the southern part of the country.

There is currently no known cure for Ebola, whose symptoms are diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding.

The virus spreads through direct contact with blood, feces and sweat. It can also be spread through sexual contact or the unprotected handling of contaminated corpses.

Discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976, Ebola remains one of the world’s most virulent diseases that kills between 25 to 90 percent of those who fall sick.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has not announced any travel restrictions for Guinea, however, some other countries in the region are bracing against the epidemic.

NT/AS/MHB

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