Suspected Outbreak of Ebola Spreads to Gabon

Experts investigating a possible outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Republic of Congo have found four suspected cases in neighboring Gabon, the World Health Organization said.

Two people died and two were sick with Ebola-like symptoms in Ekata in the remote north of the West African nation, WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said.

Six similar cases, including five deaths, already had been reported in the Republic of Congo.

Chaib said people in the infected communities had refused to give blood to confirm that the disease was Ebola. But experts were fairly certain it was, she said.