{"id":67784,"date":"2014-11-23T14:51:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T14:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=67784"},"modified":"2014-11-23T14:51:58","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T14:51:58","slug":"ebola-stable-in-guinea-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=67784","title":{"rendered":"Ebola ‘stable’ in Guinea – WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ebola outbreak is now “stable” in Guinea, where the latest crisis began, the World Health Organization says.<\/p>\n

There were still some flare ups in the south-east, but things were improving in other prefectures, WHO co-ordinator Dr Guenael Rodier told the BBC.<\/p>\n

More than 5,400 people have died in the latest outbreak, with Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia the worst hit.<\/p>\n

The outbreak can be ended by mid-2015 if the world speeds up its response, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said.<\/p>\n

But he warned that although the rate of new cases was slowing in parts of West Africa, Mali – where six people have died and a seventh case has been reported – was now of deep concern.<\/p>\n

And the head of the UN Ebola mission, Anthony Banbury, said the world was “far away” from beating the virus.<\/p>\n

There have been more than 15,300 reported cases of Ebola since the outbreak began earlier this year, the WHO says.<\/p>\n

More than 1,200 people have died of Ebola in Guinea alone.<\/p>\n

However, Dr Rodier said that the situation in Guinea was now “relatively stable”.<\/p>\n

“When you look in more detail, you see that it’s still quite active in the Guinea forest area [in] the south of the country,” Dr Rodier said.<\/p>\n

However, he added that the situation was “actually improving in a number of prefectures, especially Conakry”, where there was a fairly good understanding of how the disease was spreading.<\/p>\n

The WHO has faced criticism that it was too slow to respond during the start of the crisis.<\/p>\n

However, Dr Rodier said it was the first time there had been such a serious outbreak in West Africa, adding: “Lessons have been learned.”<\/p>\n

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Guinea has not been as badly hit by Ebola as neighbouring Sierra Leone and Liberia.<\/p>\n

Eight months since the outbreak was first declared, some still do not believe Ebola is a real disease, and health teams trying to trace new potential cases are still being refused entry to some villages, says the BBC’s Tulip Mazumdar in the capital Conakry.<\/p>\n

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The latest Ebola outbreak has killed more than 5,000 people<\/div>\n

Meanwhile, a group of 30 health workers from the UK’s National Health Service have flown to Sierra Leone to help treat Ebola patients.<\/p>\n

They are also expected to train local staff at treatment centres across the country.<\/p>\n

Ebola is spread only through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person showing symptoms, such as fever or vomiting.<\/p>\n

People caring for the sick or handling the bodies of people infected Ebola are therefore especially vulnerable.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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