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Bosonic

(3,746 posts) Mon Apr 14, 2014, 03:18 PM Apr 2014

Guinea Ebola outbreak under control

Source: AFP

Pretoria (AFP) - Guinea's Foreign Minister Francois Fall on Monday said the west African country has brought the spread of the deadly haemorrhagic Ebola virus under control after more than 100 people have died.

"We are pleased to say we have controlled the spread of the epidemic," Fall told reporters after a meeting his South African counterpart Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in Pretoria.

"We have even managed to cure some of those infected."

The outbreak is one of the most deadly, with 157 people infected and 101 deaths in Guinea alone.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/guinea-ebola-outbreak-under-control-174049870.html

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Guinea Ebola outbreak under control (Original Post) Bosonic Apr 2014 OP

There is _no_ known cure for Ebola Timez Squarez Apr 2014 #1

I thought I heard that they wait two incubation periods with no new cases to declare control... Thor_MN Apr 2014 #2

Timez Squarez

(262 posts)

1. There is _no_ known cure for Ebola

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Mon Apr 14, 2014, 03:56 PM

Apr 2014

so grain of salt and all that...

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)

2. I thought I heard that they wait two incubation periods with no new cases to declare control...