International Flights Still Operating From Conakry Airport Despite Ebola Risk
Liz Bennett
Undergroundmedic.com
Mar 31, 2014
International flights are still operating in and out of Conakry airport despite more deaths overnight from Ebola Zaire.
Eight more Ebola deaths have occurred overnight, and nine more are deaths are suspected to have been caused by the disease though lab results are yet to be announced.
Liberia has now confirmed that their suspected cases are Ebola and they are expecting the death toll to rise. All the deaths are from the Zaire strain, the most serious of the five known strains of the disease.
This outbreak is unusual because ALL other cases have been further east and south in Africa, the track of the disease appears to be moving northwest.
Large public gatherings in Conakry, the capital of Guinea have been cancelled over fears of further spread.
Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour cancelled Saturday’s concert in Guinea’s capital Conakry because of the outbreak. he told the BBC:
”It would not be a good idea to bring hundreds or thousands of people together in an enclosed area.”
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