New Ebola infections raise concerns in Sierra Leone

1	Health officials in Sierra Leone check travelers for the Ebola virus at the border with Liberia.
2	(FILES) -- A file photo taken on November 12, 2014 shows a health worker from Sierra Leone's Red Cross Society Burial Team 7 carrying the corpse of a child in Freetown.
3	Sierra Leone said on July 13, 2015 it had launched an emergency operation to prevent a serious spread of Ebola after two patients escaped for several hours from a treatment centre.
4	FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Two new cases of Ebola surfaced in Sierra Leone's Tonkolili District after a man died last week in the area where the deadly virus had been gone for months, an official said.
5	The victim contracted the disease in the capital and then traveled to his home village to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
6	He was treated for a fever at the local hospital but authorities did not call the Ebola emergency number.
7	The two new cases are relatives of the man, said National Ebola Response Centre's OB Sisay.
8	Authorities moved quickly to contain the spread, but more cases are feared, he said.
9	Following the death authorities quarantined 500 people.
10	"We now know where the virus is and we are tracking its movement, by surrounding, containing and eradicating its last remaining chain of transmission," Sisay said.
11	The concerns come as the director of the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Tom Frieden, is in Sierra Leone to observe the impact of the Ebola outbreak and to assess steps needed to get the country to zero cases.
12	Frieden will meet with government officials, international partners, and health care workers to consult on the outbreak response and discuss CDC plans to help Sierra Leone.
13	Northern Tonkolili District had not had a single case of Ebola in five months.
14	The new case shows, however, how just one sick person can spread the virus.
15	The man's family and friends buried him without following the special procedures required for Ebola victims to avoid spreading the disease.
16	Ebola's main symptom is fever, which is also found in more common illnesses such as malaria and typhoid.
17	The Ebola outbreak has killed more than 11,200 people worldwide with nearly all deaths in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.