26 May 2014
Last updated at 08:55 ET
The epicentre of the Ebola outbreak has been in south-eastern Guinea
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Dr Amara Jambai, the director of disease prevention and control at Sierra Leone's health ministry, said the deaths had occurred over the last three to four days.
He said people who developed a fever should immediately report a medical facility and an emergency medical team has been deployed to the remote area. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27576831
Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone confirms first deaths
The epicentre of the Ebola outbreak has been in south-eastern Guinea
Four
people, including a health worker, have died of Ebola in eastern Sierra
Leone, the first confirmed cases in the country, the health ministry
has said.
They died in Kailahun district, which borders Gueckedou in
Guinea where the outbreak started in March and has killed more than 145
people...
Dr Amara Jambai, the director of disease prevention and control at Sierra Leone's health ministry, said the deaths had occurred over the last three to four days.
He said people who developed a fever should immediately report a medical facility and an emergency medical team has been deployed to the remote area. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27576831