--- title: Guinea Says Ebola Outbreak Almost Under Control description: Health experts in the west African country say there are fewer new cases of the virus, which has no cure and which is fatal for a significant portion of those who contract it, suggesting the outbreak that has killed over 100 people there may be close to being contained canonical: https://time.com/63488/guinea-ebola-outbreak-control/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-15T16:13:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T07:18:56.605Z article:section: Health og:title: Guinea Says Ebola Outbreak Almost Under Control og:description: Health experts in the west African country say there are fewer new cases of the virus, which has no cure and which is fatal for a significant portion of those who contract it, suggesting the outbreak that has killed over 100 people there may be close to being contained og:url: https://time.com/63488/guinea-ebola-outbreak-control/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a6b6971e3c10675/69868ab7e8524b76a8602640/ebola-research-guinea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: A scientist separates blood cells from plasma cells to isolate any Ebola RNA in order to test for the virus at the European Mobile Laboratory in Gueckedou April 3, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Guinea Says Ebola Outbreak Almost Under Control twitter:description: Health experts in the west African country say there are fewer new cases of the virus, which has no cure and which is fatal for a significant portion of those who contract it, suggesting the outbreak that has killed over 100 people there may be close to being contained twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a6b6971e3c10675/69868ab7e8524b76a8602640/ebola-research-guinea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Guinea Says Ebola Outbreak Almost Under Control > Sponsored content. 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A scientist separates blood cells from plasma cells to isolate any Ebola RNA in order to test for the virus at the European Mobile Laboratory in Gueckedou, April 3, 2014. Misha Hussain—Reuters by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Apr 15, 2014 4:13 PM UTC Guinea’s health ministry [says](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/15/us-guinea-ebola-idUSBREA3E0YM20140415) deaths from its recent Ebola outbreak have slowed, and the latest flare-up of the virus is close to being under control. The disease has already killed 106 in Guinea and spread to neighboring countries in Western Africa, but Rafi Diallo, a spokesman for Guinea’s health ministry, told Reuters that the number of new cases have fallen dramatically. Once there are no more new cases, the outbreak can be considered under control. The World Health Organization (WHO) says it could take two to four months for the outbreak to be entirely contained, [Reuters reports](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/15/us-guinea-ebola-idUSBREA3E0YM20140415). There is no known cure or vaccine for Ebola, which is known to kill up to 90 percent of the people who contract it. The virus spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids, including blood, feces or sweat. The disease can spread via sexual contact or unprotected interaction with contaminated corpses. Although the virus remains a significant concern, the WHO is confident it will be contained. Since the majority of people who get the disease will die from it, there’s not too much time for it to spread, as long as health workers can quickly identify who has come in contact with a sick person. WHO’s media spokesperson in Guinea, Tarik Jasarevic, [told TIME](http://time.com/43579/ebola-spreads-from-guinea-to-liberia/) last month: “We know this disease. It’s not the first time we’ve seen it so we know the measures we can take. It’s not a new disease.” \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/15/us-guinea-ebola-idUSBREA3E0YM20140415)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/63488/guinea-ebola-outbreak-control/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/63488/guinea-ebola-outbreak-control/"},"headline":"Guinea Says Ebola Outbreak Almost Under Control","datePublished":"2014-04-15T16:13:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:18:56.605Z","description":"Health experts in the west African country say there are fewer new cases of the virus, which has no cure and which is fatal for a significant portion of those who contract it, suggesting the outbreak that has killed over 100 people there may be close to being contained","url":"https://time.com/63488/guinea-ebola-outbreak-control/","keywords":["Infectious Disease","Disease","ebola","Guinea","outbreak"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a6b6971e3c10675/69868ab7e8524b76a8602640/ebola-research-guinea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a6b6971e3c10675/69868ab7e8524b76a8602640/ebola-research-guinea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A scientist separates blood cells from plasma cells to isolate any Ebola RNA in order to test for the virus at the European Mobile Laboratory in Gueckedou April 3, 2014.","caption":"A scientist separates blood cells from plasma cells to isolate any Ebola RNA in order to test for the virus at the European Mobile Laboratory in Gueckedou April 3, 2014.","creditText":"Misha Hussain—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/infectious-disease/","name":"Infectious Disease"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/63488/guinea-ebola-outbreak-control/","name":"Guinea Says Ebola Outbreak Almost Under Control"}}]}] ```