The Government of Guinea-Conakri confirmed this Saturday the Ebola detection in the first analyzes carried out on people who showed their symptoms in the south-eastern part of this country, in which at the end of 2013 the outbreak that triggered in West Africa the worst Ebola epidemic in history.
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“There were some first tests that were carried out in the European Union laboratory in Gueckedou. These tests have confirmed that it is the disease of the Ebola virus. We are going to do a second examination in Conakri to confirm or deny the results, “Guinean Health Minister Rémy Lamah said today, local media reported.
The results of this second analysis that would ratify the resurgence of the virus in Guinea are expected for this Sunday. Alerts of a possible new outbreak have jumped in recent days in the Gouécké area, near the town of Nzérékoré (southeast).
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There have already been four deaths suspected of being Ebola, as confirmed this Saturday on the Guineematin portal by the director general of the National Agency for Health Security (ANSs) of Guinea, Sakoba Keita.
“There was a nurse from Gouécké who fell ill towards the end of January. She died between 27 and 28 January and was buried on 1 February in Gouécké. Among those who took part in the ‘burial there are eight people who have shown signs: diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding,’ said Keita, who nevertheless was cautious until he had the second confirmation from the laboratories.
Three of the people who showed symptoms later died and four more are hospitalized in Nzérékoré. The eighth infected potential had escaped but was found this Friday and interned in the Conakry area.
Ebola had not been detected in Guinea-Conakri since the end of the great epidemic that shook West Africa between 2014 and 2016 and the first cases had arisen precisely in that country in late 2013.
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It was the worst in history with 1,300 deaths and more than 28,500 were infected, although those figures, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) could be conservative.
The Ebola virus is transmitted through direct contact with blood and contaminated body fluids of people or animals, causes hemorrhagic fever and can reach a mortality rate of 90% if not treated in time. . EFE