Guinea confirms fever is Ebola, has killed up to 59

By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea has received confirmation that a mysterious disease that has killed up to 59 people in the West African country, and may have spread to neighbouring Sierra Leone, is the haemorrhagic fever Ebola, the government said on Saturday. It has never before been recorded in Guinea. “It is indeed Ebola fever. A laboratory in Lyon (France) confirmed the information,” Damantang Albert Camara told Reuters.