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littlemissmartypants

(22,631 posts) Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:36 AM Jun 2014

Sierra Leone ebola death toll 'doubles to 12 in a week'

Source: BBC

Sierra Leone says its death toll from the contagious Ebola virus has doubled in one week, with hopes of containing the outbreak fading.

Health ministry officials said at least 12 people had been killed by the deadly virus, up from six last week.

They say the confirmed deaths were in the east, near the border with Guinea - the epicentre of the outbreak that has killed more than 200 people this year.

Read more: http://m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27774233

This is seriously frightening.

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There are diseases that are more deadly defacto7 Jun 2014 #1

defacto7

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1. There are diseases that are more deadly

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Tue Jun 10, 2014, 02:01 AM

Jun 2014

and diseases that are more contagious, but this is one scary disease just because of what it does and how it does it, and It has the potential of being much more deadly than it has been. It's not a nice dream.

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