Guinea Ebola Infections Double as Hidden Cases Discovered

A health worker checks the temperature of a man arriving at Bata Airport, January 14, 2015. 
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reuters.com - Reporting by Saliou Samb; Writing by Bate Felix; Editing by Angus MacSwan - February 6, 2015

(Reuters) - The number of people sick with Ebola fever has doubled in Guinea in the past week following the discovery of cases previously unknown to health authorities, a Guinea health official said on Friday.

About two dozen new suspected and confirmed Ebola cases were recorded in the past two weeks, taking the total number to 53 as of Friday, Fode Tass Sylla, a spokesman for Guinea's anti-Ebola task force, said.

Sylla said the increase was expected because health authorities were only now gaining access to faraway villages where inhabitants had previously prevented them from entering.

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