(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) FREETOWN Rabi'II 11 1437 January 21 2016 SPA -- Sierra Leone confirmed a new case of Ebola on Wednesday its second in less than a week marking a further setback in efforts to end a two-year West African epidemic that has killed more than 11300 people according to Reuters.
Health ministry spokesman Sidi Yahyah Tunis described the new patient as a 38-year-old woman a relative who had helped care for the earlier victim Mariatu Jalloh. Jalloh died from the disease on Jan. 12 and tested positive for Ebola posthumously.
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