GENEVA (Sputnik) — At least 5 cases of the deadly Ebola virus were registered in Sierra Leone in the week ending September 13, World Health Organization (WHO) reported Wednesday.
The latest Ebola outbreak began in Guinea in 2013, spreading later to neighboring countries, with about 28,220 cases and 11,291 deaths reported in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone combined.
The WHO report showed that the new cases of infection occurred in Sierra Leone's districts of Bombali and Kambia. At the same time Guinea recorded its first week without a new case in a year.
31 August 2015, 22:29 GMT
In August, Sierra Leone marked 42 days without a new case being registered, which allowed the country to claim itself Ebola-free according to WHO guidelines. However, later more people became infected.
According to WHO, there is no officially registered vaccine against Ebola, but some countries, such as the United Kingdom, Canada and Russia are conducting tests on their own vaccines against the virus.
