--- title: 2 New Ebola Cases in Guinea Are the First in Weeks description: Two people in Guinea are confirmed to have contracted Ebola, the World Health Organization reported Friday. canonical: https://time.com/4076354/two-new-ebola-cases-guinea/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-16T14:45:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:51:45.969Z article:section: Health og:title: 2 New Ebola Cases in Guinea Are the First in Weeks og:description: An area is declared Ebola-free after 42 days without new cases og:url: https://time.com/4076354/two-new-ebola-cases-guinea/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 2 New Ebola Cases in Guinea Are the First in Weeks twitter:description: An area is declared Ebola-free after 42 days without new cases twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 2 New Ebola Cases in Guinea Are the First in Weeks > Sponsored content. 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During a U.N. briefing in Geneva, WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris said one of the cases is in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, and the other is in the western town Forecariah, Reuters reports. The instances of new Ebola cases have slowed to a near-halt, but the outbreak is not considered over in an area until 42 days without fresh cases. “On the bumpy road we keep talking about, the high risk of recurrence, once again we are navigating a few bumps,” Harris [said](http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/10/16/health-ebola-who-idINKCN0SA0ZE20151016). “Of course we didn’t want it, but we did expect it. Guinea hadn’t got to the stage where we were looking at 42 days.” \[[_Reuters_](http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/10/16/health-ebola-who-idINKCN0SA0ZE20151016)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4076354/two-new-ebola-cases-guinea/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4076354/two-new-ebola-cases-guinea/"},"headline":"2 New Ebola Cases in Guinea Are the First in Weeks","datePublished":"2015-10-16T14:45:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:51:45.969Z","description":"An area is declared Ebola-free after 42 days without new cases","url":"https://time.com/4076354/two-new-ebola-cases-guinea/","keywords":["ebola","Guinea"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"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/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4076354/two-new-ebola-cases-guinea/","name":"2 New Ebola Cases in Guinea Are the First in Weeks"}}]}] ```