Ebola
Virus Kills 5 In
First Outbreak in
Sierra Leone
Five people have died in the
First cases of
Ebola Virus in
Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization
said on Monday
Ebola, a deadly hemorrhagic fever
Virus with a fatality rate of up to 90 percent, has already killed more than 100 people in its recent West Africa outbreak. Cases have been reported in
Guinea,
Liberia, and
Mali
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Why There Isn't a Vaccine for Ebola
The WHO said that it had received "preliminary information" about one case confirmed in a laboratory in Kenema,
Sierra Leone, and four other "community deaths." These were reported from Koidu, near the border with Guéckédou, Guinea, a disease hotspot.
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