A woman who died this week in Sierra Leone tested positive for Ebola, officials said Friday, a setback for the region that comes only a day after the World Health Organization had declared the epidemic over. According to AP, WHO had warned Thursday that new Ebola cases were possible even after virus transmission was halted in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea â€" the three West African nations hardest hit by the epidemic that left more than 11,300 people dead. Already 10 other flare-ups have taken place in areas where virus transmission was thought to have ended, raising new questions about WHO procedures in assessing whether an epidemic was really over. The global health body said Friday that Sierra Leone's government was moving rapidly to contain the new threat, but it was not immediately clear how the 22-year-old woman who died may have contracted Ebola â€" all known transmission chains in that country had been halted back in November.
