UNICEF has announced that an Ebola Outbreak has killed about 59 people in Guinea.
The epidemic has hit Conakry which is the country's capital city.''At least 59 out of 80 people reported to have contracted the Ebola virus across the west African country have died so far"said UNICEF in a statement released by Agence France-Presse (AFP).
The disease currently has no known treatments or vaccines. It is a viral hemorrhagic fever that kills up to 90 percent of those who become infected. The virus spreads through direct contact with blood,faeces or sweat, sexual contact and unprotected handling of contaminated corpses.
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