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Guinea confirms Ebola outbreak as four die from disease

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People wash their hands next to an Ebola information and sanitation station in Monrovia, Liberia, on September 30, 2014. PHOTO | AFP

By  Kemo Cham

Contributor

Nation Media Group

Guinea has announced an outbreak of the deadly Ebola epidemic after second laboratory tests on samples from victims came back positive for the virus.

The confirmation on Sunday comes a day after the government announced four fatalities among people who exhibited Ebola-like symptoms.

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