New Ebola Virus Cases Detected in Guinea

On Saturday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Chief of World Health Organization (WHO) announced the detection of two new cases of Ebola virus.

In a tweet, Ghebreyesus said, "WHO has been informed of two suspected cases of Ebola in Guinea-Conakry." "Confirmatory testing underway. WHO AFRO and WHO country office supporting readiness and response efforts."

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On 18 November 2020, the 11th outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was declared over, according to the Guardian.

The widespread use of vaccinations, which were administered to more than 40,000 people, helped curb the disease.

The 2013-16 outbreak sped up the development of a vaccine against Ebola, with a global emergency stockpile of 500,000 doses planned to respond quickly to future outbreaks, the vaccine alliance Gavi said in January.