{"id":20874,"date":"2014-05-26T16:56:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T16:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=20874"},"modified":"2014-05-26T16:56:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T16:56:59","slug":"ebola-outbreak-sierra-leone-confirms-first-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/ebola-outbreak-sierra-leone-confirms-first-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone confirms first deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four people have died of Ebola in Sierra Leone, the first confirmed cases in the country following an outbreak in Guinea, the health ministry has said.<\/p>\n

They died in the eastern Kailahun district, which borders southern Guinea where the outbreak started in March and has killed more than 145 people.<\/p>\n

There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola – one of the world’s deadliest viruses.<\/p>\n

But people have a better chance of surviving if it is identified early and they get supportive medical care.<\/p>\n

Ebola can kill up to 90% of those infected and is passed on through contact with the fluids of infected people or animals, such as urine, sweat and blood.<\/p>\n

‘Scared’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Amara Jambai, the director of disease prevention and control at Sierra Leone’s health ministry, said a health worker was among the four people who had died of Ebola.<\/p>\n

The deaths had occurred over the last three to four days, he said.<\/p>\n

People who developed a fever should immediately report a medical facility and an emergency medical team has been deployed to the remote area, Dr Jambai said.<\/p>\n

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