WHO confirms second new Ebola case in Sierra Leone

The new case was the aunt of a 22-year-old student who was determined to have died of the virus on January 12.

Geneva

: The World Health Organisation on Thursday confirmed a new case of Ebola in Sierra Leone, the second since West Africa last week declared an end to the epidemic that has killed more than 11,300 people.

\"There was a new confirmed case,\" WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said in an email, adding that the new case was the aunt of a 22-year-old student who was determined to have died of the virus on January 12.