The Ebola outbreak that emerged in Guinea in mid-February 2021 was declared over today [19 Jun 2021]. It was the 1st time the disease resurfaced in the country since the deadly outbreak in West Africa that ended in 2016.
Guinean health authorities declared the outbreak on 14 Feb 2021 after 3 cases were detected in Gouecke, a rural community in the southern N'zerekore prefecture, the same region where the 2014-2016 outbreak 1st emerged before spreading into neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone and beyond.
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