New Ebola Case Emerges In Sierra Leone (bbc.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Just hours after the World Health Organization declared an end to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, officials from Sierra Leone confirmed a death from the virus. The country was declared free of Ebola on November 7. "Ebola test center spokesman Sidi Yahya Tunis told the BBC that the patient had died in the Tonkolili district. He had traveled there from Kambia, close to the border with Guinea." WHO was quick to put out another press release saying there is an ongoing risk of flareups, and local governments and medical workers need to remain vigilant.

Comments

Re:Stop eating bush meat.

[Anonymous Coward]

No need to euthanize, it sounds like they're doing it to themselves.

Re:Stop eating bush meat.

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, just wow.

Hunger and lack of food in these areas, especially meat, is a real problem. If your choice is risk ebola vs. guaranteed no dinner for several weeks, you might reconsider eating a wild animal. Maybe come out of your protected bubble of the first world and look at some of the real problems in the world today.

Re:Stop eating bush meat.

[Anne Thwacks]

There is NO evidence at all that bush meat was implicated in this entire epidemic. It probably started through playing with an infected, imported, pet monkey. The sort of thing that could easily happen in America.

As for "bush meat" - in other countries, deer, pheasant and grouse are considered "fair game.

In Europe, people go for a "walk in the countryside" in Africa, the same thing is called a "trek through the bush". It is more about use of English and prejudice than anything else.