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| The Ebola outbreak that has killed 78 people in Guinea is "unprecedented", a medical charity has said. | The Ebola outbreak that has killed 78 people in Guinea is "unprecedented", a medical charity has said. |
| An official with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said the spread of the disease across the country made it very difficult to control. | An official with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said the spread of the disease across the country made it very difficult to control. |
| The West African state is facing a battle to contain the outbreak after cases were reported in areas that are hundreds of kilometres apart. | |
| Ebola is spread by close contact and kills between 25% and 90% of victims. | Ebola is spread by close contact and kills between 25% and 90% of victims. |
| "We are facing an epidemic of a magnitude never before seen in terms of the distribution of cases," Mariano Lugli, a co-ordinator in Guinea for the aid group said. | "We are facing an epidemic of a magnitude never before seen in terms of the distribution of cases," Mariano Lugli, a co-ordinator in Guinea for the aid group said. |
| "This geographical spread is worrisome because it will greatly complicate the tasks of the organisations working to control the epidemic," Mr Lugli added. | |
| The outbreak of Ebola had centred around Guinea's remote south-east but it took the authorities six weeks to identify the disease. | |
| It has now spread to neighbouring Liberia, as well as Guinea's capital, Conakry, which has a population of two million people. | |
| Figures released overnight by Guinea's health ministry showed that there had been 78 deaths from 122 cases of suspected Ebola since January, up from 70. | |
| Of these, there were 22 laboratory confirmed cases of Ebola, the ministry said. | |
| Liberia has recorded a total of seven suspected and confirmed cases, including four deaths, the World Health Organization said. | |
| Liberia's Health Minister Walter Gwenigale on Monday warned people to stop having sex because the virus was spread via bodily fluids. | |
| This was in addition to existing advice to stop shaking hands and kissing. | |
| The BBC's Jonathan Paye-Layleh in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, says residents are increasingly concerned and many supermarket workers are wearing gloves as a precaution. | |
| Sierra Leone has also reported five suspected cases, none of which have been confirmed yet, while Senegal, another neighbour of Guinea's, has closed its land border. |