Guinea Ebola Outbreak Confirmed
Six weeks ago, doctors in Guinea first began to see patients with the symptoms of bleeding, diarrhea and vomiting, but they were not immediately able to identify the source of the sickness. It has only been in the last couple of days that scientists in Lyon, France were able to make a definitive conclusion that the Ebola virus was indeed the cause of the sickness.
Now that the outbreak in Guinea has been confirmed to be Ebola, international efforts have begun to battle the virus. The international health organization Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has put together more than 30 tons of medical supplies and is heading for the southern region of the country were the outbreak seems to be centered. Medicins Sans Frontieres currently has a group of 24 trained personnel in the country who have set up two isolation wards. One isolation ward is set up in the city of Gueckedou and the other will be set up in the city of Macenta. In addition to the 24 staff already there, they will be sending more people soon.