New Ebola Death in Sierra Leone- as Countdown Halts

According to abcNEWS, Health officials in Sierra Leone on Sunday confirmed an Ebola death less than a week after the country's last known patient was discharged from a hospital.

 Last Monday, the last known Ebola patient was released from the hospital to enable the continent commence its countdown to a hopefully Ebola free continent but Samples from the body of a 67-year-old woman who died recently in Kambia district in the country's north came back positive for the deadly disease, said chief medical officer Dr. Brima Kargbo. This however, brings a halt to the 42 days Ebola free countdown which just began!

The National Ebola Response Center had deployed teams to conduct surveillance and trace people who were in contact with the woman, said OB Sisay, the center's director.

"We should not despair as we have been expecting this," Sisay said. "We need to stay focused and maintain our discipline."