--- --- # Sierra Leone Records Another Ebola Case, Days After Africa Was Declared Ebola-Free by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Jan 21, 2016 9:18 AM UTC by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Jan 21, 2016 9:18 AM UTC Sierra Leone confirmed its [second case](http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN0UZ0CZ) of Ebola within the past week on Thursday, prompting fears of a resurgence of the deadly virus just days after the World Health Organization officially [declared](http://time.com/4179412/ebola-outbreak-over/) an end to a two-year epidemic in West Africa that killed more than 11,000 people. Sidi Yahyah Tunis, a spokesman for the country’s Health Ministry, told Reuters that the patient was a 38-year-old woman who helped care for the week’s first Ebola victim Mariatu Jalloh. Jalloh died last week mere hours after the WHO declaration, with the disease [confirmed](http://time.com/4179412/ebola-outbreak-over/) as the cause of death posthumously. \[[_Reuters_](http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN0UZ0CZ)\] Sierra Leone Confirms Second Ebola Case in a Week ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4188271/ebola-sierra-leone-second-case-victim/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4188271/ebola-sierra-leone-second-case-victim/"},"headline":"Sierra Leone Records Another Ebola Case, Days After Africa Was Declared Ebola-Free","datePublished":"2016-01-21T09:18:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:18:50.028Z","description":"It is the second case recorded in a week","url":"https://time.com/4188271/ebola-sierra-leone-second-case-victim/","keywords":["infectious diseases","Africa","Disease","Sierra Leone","WHO","ebola"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"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/infectious-diseases/","name":"infectious diseases"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4188271/ebola-sierra-leone-second-case-victim/","name":"Sierra Leone Records Another Ebola Case, Days After Africa Was Declared Ebola-Free"}}]}] ```