The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has warned that Guinea faces an unprecedented Ebola epidemic.<br /><br />There have been nearly 80 deaths and scores of suspected cases of one of the world’s most lethal infectious diseases.<br /><br />It has forced a number of countries with weak health systems to restrict travel and cross border exchanges.<br /><br />MSF Epidermologist, Michel Van Herp said: “We are facing the most aggressive strain of Ebola, called the Zaire strain. This is a strain that kills more than 9 people out of 10. There is no treatment. There is no drug that specifically kills the virus. We aim at making infected people stronger,” he said.<br /><br />“We want to ensure their bodies are not dehydrated, so they’re able to produce antibodies that will remove the virus from their body.”<br /><br />MSF’s warning comes after the west African nation’s president appealed for calm following a rise in the number of fatalities linked to an outbreak on the border with Liberia and Sierra Leone.<br /><br />MSF is now fighting to contain the disease in numerous locations, some of which are hundreds of kilometres apart.
