The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it will be sending 11 thousand doses of the Ebola vaccines to Guinea in order to fight the new outbreak of the disease in the country. Speaking at a virtual press briefing the WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti said the first 11,000 doses of the vaccine and at least 100 experts are expected to arrive in Conakry, the capital of Guinea by Sunday. On February 14, 2021, Guinea declared an Ebola Epidemic, after 7 people fell ill with diarrhea, vomiting, and bleeding after attending a burial in Goueke, a town near the Liberian border. The current outbreak is the first since a 2013-2016 epidemic, which began in Guinea left 11,300 dead across West Africa. Most cases were in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.