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Sierra Leone: Officials Confirm New Ebola Death 6 Days After Discharging Last Known Patient

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Sun, 2015-08-30 14:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

usnews.com - Associated Press (AP) - by CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY - August 30, 2015

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Health officials in Sierra Leone on Sunday confirmed an Ebola death less than a week after the country's last known patient was discharged from a hospital.

Samples from the body of a 67-year-old woman who died recently in Kambia district in the country's north came back positive for the deadly disease, said chief medical officer Dr. Brima Kargbo. . . .

. . . The National Ebola Response Center had deployed teams to conduct surveillance and trace people who were in contact with the woman, said OB Sisay, the center's director.

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Sun, 2015-08-30 17:01 — Kathy Gilbeaux

reuters.com - Reporting by Umaru Fofana; Editing by Joe Bavier/Ruth Pitchford - August 30, 2015

. . . "We are particularly concerned because Kambia has gone 50 days without a confirmed Ebola case, suggesting the possibility of an error," Kargbo said.

Sierra Leone's chief medical officer Brima Kargbo told Reuters that two samples tested in Kambia had tested positive for Ebola. However, he said further tests were being carried out in Makeni, the main town in the Northern Province, and in the capital Freetown.

He added that the woman worked as a trader, though people who knew her said she had not travelled recently. She now becomes the first new case in the country since Aug. 8.

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