Resurgence of Epidemic Ebola in West Africa
MSF.org
3 June 2014
Conakry, 2 June 2014 – While the number of patients appeared to be in decline, new cases of Ebola have been reported in Guinea and Sierra Leone. The virus has already affected more than 300 people in West Africa. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is continuing its work supporting health authorities in the two countries, treating patients and putting measures in place to contain the epidemic.
Team dispatched urgently to Sierra Leone
According information from the Ministry of Health, there has been one confirmed case and four deaths in Koindu in Kailahun district of Sierra Leone near the Guinean border since the end of May. On 29 May, the authorities reported 18 suspected cases, of whom six died.
In the coming days MSF will set up a treatment centre in Koindu, the epicentre of the epidemic in Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.
A team of specialists will join the team already present on the ground, as well as medical and logistical supplies such as protective clothing kits and medicines to protect health staff and to set up facilities where patients can be treated.
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