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"It is not yet known whether Bombali's Ebola virus has been transmitted to people or whether it causes disease in humans, but it has the potential to infect human cells", told AFP Amara Jambai, a senior official of the Ministry of Health. Jambai added, calling on the public to remain calm while waiting for further research.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health and a researcher who worked on the discovery confirmed the results at the time. The Bombali region is now working with "The government of Sierra Leone must determine if humans have been infected"
"As a precautionary measure, people should refrain from eating bats ", said Harold Thomas, spokesman for the Department of Health, in southern Guinea before expanding to two neighboring countries in West Africa, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The epidemic in West Africa was caused by the Zaire species, which has always been the deadliest in humans since its identification in 1976.
This outbreak killed more than 11,300 people out of nearly 29,000 registered cases, according to estimates from World Health Organization
The WHO declared the outbreak ended in January this year, but it was followed by outbreaks in all three countries
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