_-_GIN_-_UNOCHA.svg) A map of Guinea where the Ebola virus outbreak began | |
| Cases contracted in Guinea | 3,806 (as of 25 October 2015[update])[1] |
|---|---|
| Deaths | 2,535 |
An epidemic of Ebola virus disease in Guinea from 2013 to 2016 represents the first ever outbreak of Ebola in a West African country. Previous outbreaks have been confined to several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.[2]
The epidemic, which began with the death of a two-year-old boy, was part of a larger Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa which spread through Guinea and the neighboring countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone, with minor outbreaks occurring in Senegal, Nigeria, and Mali. In December 2015, Guinea was declared free of Ebola transmission by the U.N. World Health Organization,[3] however further cases continued to be reported from March 2016.[4] The country was again declared as Ebola-free in June 2016.[5]
- ^ "Ebola Situation Report – 28 October 2015" (PDF). World Health Organisation. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Ebola virus disease Fact sheet No. 103". World Health Organization. September 2014.
- ^ no by-line.--> (29 December 2015). "UN declares end to Ebola virus transmission in Guinea; first time all three host countries free". UN News Center. United Nations. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Guinea says two people tested positive for Ebola". Reuters. 17 March 2016.
- ^ "End of Ebola transmission in Guinea". Retrieved 9 June 2016.