Thursday, September 25, 2014

Ebola spread stabilising in Guinea as toll nears 3,000 -WHO

A social mobilizer from NGO (AJCOM), uses an illustrated printout while speaking with a man about Ebola and best practices to help prevent its spread in Conakry By Tom Miles and Umaru Fofana GENEVA/FREETOWN (Reuters) - The spread of Ebola seems to have stabilised in Guinea, one of three West African states worst-hit by the disease, but a lack of beds and resistance in affected communities means its advance continues elsewhere, the World Health Organisation said. Underscoring drastic measures being taken to halt the worst outbreak on record of the deadly virus, Sierra Leone put three more districts -- home to over a million people and major mining operations -- under indefinite quarantine. ...








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