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FREETOWN – A new Ebola virus has been found in Sierra Leone, two years after the end of an outbreak of 11,000 across West Africa, the government said on Thursday.
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Bombing of the virus – which researchers say it could transmit to humans – can develop into the deadly Ebola disease
"At this time, it is not yet known if the Bombali Ebola virus has been transmitted to people or if it causes disease in people but it has the potential to infect human cells, "Amara Jambai, a senior ministry of health official, told AFP
" This is
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Researchers who found the new v
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"As precautionary measures, people should be remembered, "Harold Thomas, health ministry spokesman told AFP.
The worst-ever Ebola outbreak in the Caribbean in the West, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The West African outbreak was caused by the Zaire species, which has been historically estimated to be the most affected in 1976.
More than 11,300 people out of nearly 29,000 registered cases, according to World Health Organization estimates
The WHO declared the epidemic in this year, but this was followed by
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