West Africa on high alert for possible Guinea Ebola outbreak

West Africa was on high alert Tuesday, March 25, after Sierra Leone warned an Ebola outbreak ravaging Guinea may have crossed its borders and five deaths in Liberia were being tested for the killer virus. More than 60 people have died of hemorrhagic fever in Guinea since the start of February, with the Ebola virus identified as the cause in 13 of 45 samples tested by scientists. In Sierra Leone, officials say that while there is no confirmed case of Ebola in the country, there are suspected cases which they are investigating. In a separate incident, a man from Canada suspected of carrying the virus tested negative. Ebola is a highly contagious virus that causes internal bleeding and massive organ failure.


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