New Ebola case spotted in Northern Sierra Leone on HWN EBOLA UPDATE

Sierra Leone has announced a new Ebola death in a northern district that had gone nearly six months without reporting any infections.

Monday's announcement by the National Ebola Response Center marked another setback in ending Ebola transmission in Sierra Leone, which has counted nearly 4,000 Ebola deaths.

In August, Sierra Leone's last known Ebola patient was released from hospital after recovering from the disease, a milestone that allowed the West African nation to begin a 42-day countdown toward being declared free of Ebola transmission.

But less than a week later officials confirmed a new death in the northern Kambia district. The National Ebola Response Center said last week that four new cases are being treated there.

The death reported Monday was in Bombali district, about 150 miles northeast of Freetown.

Source: CNBC, HWN Africa.