Is Ebola back in Sierra Leone? Dead woman, and 22 others , test positive for disease.(Here we go again).

Is Ebola back in Sierra Leone? Dead woman, 22, tests positive for disease just hours after World Health Organisation declares the epidemic over in west Africa

A woman's body has tested positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone the day after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak over in west Africa.

A 22-year-old female student was taken ill near the Guinean border on Thursday last week and died on Tuesday, according to local health officials.

Today, WHO released a statement from Geneva saying: 'We can confirm the Ebola case in Sierra Leone'.

Augustine Junisa, the chief local medical officer, told reporters the woman became ill while on holiday in the village of Bamoi Luma and was taken by relatives to hospital.

She came from the northern Kambia District and went to the northern Tonkolili District for medical attention. The official said the woman 'died at home' but did not say why she had been released from the hospital in Magburaka.

It has since been reported she was treated as an outpatient and came into contact with 27 people

Francis Langoba Kelly, of Sierra Leone's office of national security appealed for calm as he confirmed the new case to reporters in Freetown.

'The swab test on the victim after her death was done three times and all proved positive,' he said.

The outbreak, which lasted two years can claimed more than 11,000 lives officially ended yesterday according to the WHO. Hours later the health ministry in Sierra Leone admitted it was investigating a suspected Ebola death in the Tonkolili district.

Sierra Leone was declared Ebola free on November 7, so any further outbreak would be a major setback.

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