30/08/2014
Ebola hits 5th African country
DAKAR -- With the first case of Ebola confirmed on Friday by Senegalese health authorities, the epidemic has spread to a fifth West African country and claimed over 1,500 lives in the region since earlier this year. Health Minister Awa Marie Coll Seck said a Guinean university student infected with Ebola has carried the deadly virus to Senegal after he slipped into the country trying to evade health surveillance for weeks. As of Aug. 26, the total number of cases attributed to Ebola virus disease in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria,...
