dakar senegal guinea has declared an end to an ebola outbreak that emerged in february and killed 12 people according to the world health organizationthe latest outbreak was the first to emerge in guinea since a deadly outbreak from 2014 to 2016 killed more than 11300 people in west africa that originated in the same region before spreading to neighboring liberia and sierra leoneguineas latest outbreak was declared february 14 after three cases were detected in gouecke a rural community in the southern nzerekore prefecture there were 16 confirmed and seven probable casesi commend the affected communities the government and people of guinea health workers partners and everyone else whose dedicated efforts made it possible to contain this ebola outbreak said tedros adhanom ghebreyesus who directorgeneralbased on the lessons learned from the 201416 outbreak and through rapid coordinated response efforts community engagement effective public health measures and the equitable use of vaccines guinea managed to control the outbreak and prevent its spread beyond its borders the un said it will continue to provide postillness carewho regional director for africa dr matshidiso moeti also said that lessons learned from the past outbreak meant that guinea managed to contain the virus in only four months but she warned that vigilance must remainwe are getting faster better and smarter at fighting ebola but while this outbreak is over we must stay alert for a possible resurgence and ensure the expertise in ebola expands to other health threats such as covid19