The Director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), Tom Frieden, along with other CDC doctors, visited an Ebola
isolation centre in Conakry, New Guinea.
Frieden said the way to eliminate the disease was to "support the individuals who have Ebola, their families and their communities."
Frieden visited a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) camp while in Conakry.
The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa began last year in Guinea.
Since then, the disease has spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
More than 3,000 people have contracted the disease, which is spread by bodily fluids and for which there is no licensed treatment or vaccine.
A separate Ebola outbreak was reported this week in Congo, where 13 people have died from the disease.
Frieden said the way to eliminate the disease was to "support the individuals who have Ebola, their families and their communities."
Frieden visited a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) camp while in Conakry.
The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa began last year in Guinea.
Since then, the disease has spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
More than 3,000 people have contracted the disease, which is spread by bodily fluids and for which there is no licensed treatment or vaccine.
A separate Ebola outbreak was reported this week in Congo, where 13 people have died from the disease.
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