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Guinea Faces First Ebola Outbreak In Years

At least three people have died and four more are confirmed infected with the Ebola virus. The government declared an outbreak in a rural community.
In a photo from Guinea's previous Ebola outbreak, medical staff clean their protection suits in March 2015 in Conakry, Guinea. Guinean authorities declared a new Ebola outbreak Sunday.

Five years after it was declared , officials in Guinea declared an outbreak Sunday after at least three people died in recent weeks from the Ebola virus. Four more people were confirmed to be

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