Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Ebola crisis could last through 2015 as marks year since outbreak: expert

Health workers put on protective gear before entering a quarantine zone at a Red Cross facility in the town of Koidu By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Ebola crisis in West Africa that claimed its first victim exactly a year ago is likely to last until the end of 2015, according to a scientist who helped to discover the virus. Two-year-old Emile Ouamouno died in the remote village of Meliandou in southern Guinea on Dec. 28 last year after suffering from a fever, headache and diarrhea. His 3-year-old sister, mother and grandmother died days later. These deaths went unnoticed and the disease smoldered undetected, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). ...








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