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Hassan Abdul Sesay, a member of parliament from the region, said that the victim had contracted Ebola in the capital, Freetown, and then traveled to his home village to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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The new case shows, however, how just one sick person can change that. The man was treated for fever at a local hospital but authorities did not call the Ebola emergency number.
Ebola's main symptom is fever, which is also found in more common illnesses such as malaria and typhoid.
Now the 30 nurses who treated him and his entire home village are being quarantined. Authorities are also concerned because the man's father is a taxi driver who brought his son to at least two hospitals.
His family and friends buried him without following the special procedures required for Ebola victims to avoid spreading the disease after death.
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Ebola has killed more than 11,000 people worldwide with nearly all deaths in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
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Jul 30, 1:33 PM EDT
SIERRA LEONE FACES EBOLA SETBACK; 500 UNDER QUARANTINE
BY CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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