Ebola has a kill rate between 25 and 90 percent...
Conakry (AFP) - An Ebola epidemic which has already killed dozens of
people in Guinea's southern forests has spread to the capital Conakry,
the United Nations Children's Fund said on Sunday.
"At least 59 out of 80 who
contracted Ebola across the West African country have died so far. Over
the past few days, the deadly haemorrhagic fever has quickly spread from
the communities of Macenta, Gueckedou, and Kissidougou to the capital,
Conakry," UNICEF said in a statement emailed to AFP.
Conakry,
a vast, sprawling port city on Guinea's Atlantic coast, is estimated to
have a population of between 1.5 and two million.
To
date, no treatment or vaccine is available for Ebola, which kills
between 25 and 90 percent of those who fall sick, depending on the
strain of the virus, according to the World Health Organisation.
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