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Guinea Declares Ebola Epidemic After 3 Deaths, DRC Also Reporting Cases

HeadlineFeb 15, 2021

Guinea has declared an Ebola epidemic after an outbreak killed at least three people and sickened four others. They’re the first cases in Guinea since 2016, when health officials declared an end to the world’s largest-ever Ebola epidemic, which killed more than 11,000 people across West Africa. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization has identified three new cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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