Ebola Sierra Leone confirms new case, second in less than a week
Health ministry spokesman Sidi Yahyah Tunis described the new
patient as a 38-year-old woman, a relative who had helped care for the
earlier victim Mariatu Jalloh.
Sierra Leone confirmed a new case of Ebola on Wednesday, its second in less than a week, marking a further setback in efforts to end a two-year West African epidemic that has killed more than 11,300 people.
Health
ministry spokesman Sidi Yahyah Tunis described the new patient as a
38-year-old woman, a relative who had helped care for the earlier victim
Mariatu Jalloh.
Jalloh died from the disease on Jan. 12, and tested positive for Ebola posthumously.
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