"Its index case occurred in Meliandou Guinea" crossword clue

Author: Mathew Cooper
Last Updated: 02 May 2023

Its index case occurred in Meliandou Guinea NYT crossword answer is:

EBOLA (5 letters length)

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The index case of the 2013-2016 West African Ebola outbreak occurred in Meliandou, Guinea on December 6, 2013. The outbreak was first identified in a two-year-old boy named Emile Ouamouno, who died from the virus. This outbreak was the most widespread and deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, with over 28,000 cases and 11,000 deaths reported in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak over in June 2016, but the impact of the virus on the affected countries is still being felt today.

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