A fifth person has died of Ebola in southeast Guinea since March 17, a health official told Reuters on Tuesday, raising concerns that a recent flare-up of the deadly virus could spread.

Guinea was declared free of Ebola on Tuesday after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation, leaving Liberia as the only country still awaiting a countdown for the end of the epidemic. 

 The continuing Ebola epidemic in Guinea has set back the country's fight against malaria, say experts.

 Guinean President Alpha Conde has declared a 45-day "health emergency" in five regions in the west and south-west of the country over Ebola.

 The number of new cases of Ebola went up in all three of West Africa's worst-hit countries in the last week of January, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

 The Ebola outbreak is now "stable" in Guinea, where the latest crisis began, the World Health Organization says.

 Eight members of a team trying to raise awareness about Ebola have been killed by villagers using machetes and clubs in Guinea, officials say.

 The head of the World Health Organization and leaders of West African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak are to announce a joint $100m (£59m; 75m euro) response plan.

 The number of people believed to have been killed by the Ebola virus in Guinea has passed 100, the UN World Health Organization says.

 The Ebola outbreak that has killed 78 people in Guinea is "unprecedented", a medical charity has said.

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