Monday, December 22, 2014

Death toll from Ebola in West Africa rises to 7,518 - WHO

Grave digger holds a sign with the name of an Ebola victim during funerals at a cemetery in Freetown LONDON (Reuters) - The death toll from Ebola in the three West Africa countries hardest hit by the epidemic has risen to 7,518 out of 19,340 confirmed cases recorded there to date, the World Health Organization said on Monday. The latest data reflect more than 140 new deaths since the last update, posted by the WHO barely three days earlier. The epidemic, centred in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, is the world's worst ever outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever. Sierra Leone accounts for the most cases, 8,939, while Liberia has 7,830 and Guinea 2,571. ...








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