Ebola Outbreak Spreads to Sierra Leone

The death is the first to be reported in the country after the virus spread from the neighbouring Guinea

Reports indicate that more people have died of the Ebola virus from Guinea

A health ministry official Amara Jambai was quoted saying “I can categorically confirm that the Ebola sickness has materialized”

Jambai said 11 people with acute diarrhea and vomiting had been admitted to the Koindu community health centre in a region bordering southern Guinea.

Four people have died and five are responding to treatment.

The virus with a 90 percent fatality rate has killed more than 100 people in the neighbouring states of Guinea and Liberia.

The World Health Organization has described the region's Ebola outbreak as one of the most challenging it has faced.

By: Cecilia Garama

Source: Al Jazeera