{"id":22766,"date":"2014-06-05T07:17:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T07:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=22766"},"modified":"2014-06-05T07:17:34","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T07:17:34","slug":"ebola-death-toll-hits-208-in-guinea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/ebola-death-toll-hits-208-in-guinea\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebola death toll hits 208 in Guinea"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some 208 people have now died from the Ebola virus in Guinea after a deadly spike in recent days, world health officials say.<\/p>\n
At least 21 people died and 37 new cases of suspected Ebola were found between 29 May and 1 June, bringing the total number of cases in the West African country to 328.<\/p>\n
Of these, 193 have been confirmed by laboratory tests.<\/p>\n
There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola – one of the world’s deadliest viruses.<\/p>\n
More than half of the new deaths were in the southern Guekedou region, where the outbreak is centred.<\/p>\n
Three confirmed and 10 suspected new cases were recorded in neighbouring Sierra Leone over the same period.<\/p>\n
Six people are believed to have died there, as well as 10 in Liberia.<\/p>\n
Medical charities say one reason for the increase is that some people are refusing to go to hospital for treatment, preferring to seek help from traditional healers.<\/p>\n
Ebola, a haemorrhagic fever, 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
But people have a better chance of surviving if it is identified early and they receive medical attention.<\/p>\n
Experts from the World Health Organisation and the Doctors Without Borders charity are in the region, and about 600 people are under observation after having possible contact with Ebola.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some 208 people have now died from the Ebola virus in Guinea after a deadly spike in recent days, world health officials say. At least 21 people died and 37 new cases of suspected Ebola were found between 29 May and 1 June, bringing the total number of cases in the West African country to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":22768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[15,1273,14,951],"yoast_head":"\n