Ebola death toll in three African countries hits 7,373: WHO
Source: Reuters
GENEVA (Reuters) - The death toll from Ebola in the three worst-affected countries in West Africa has risen to 7,373 among 19,031 cases known to date there, the World Health Organization said on Saturday.
The latest data, posted overnight on the WHO website, reflected nearly 500 new deaths from the worst ever outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since previous WHO figures were issued on Dec. 17.
Sierra Leone accounts for the most cases, 8,759, against 7,819 for Liberia. But Sierra Leone's death toll of 2,477 is far less than 3,346 recorded in Liberia, leading some experts to question the credibility of the figures reported by Freetown.
Sierra Leone's government this week launched a major operation to contain the epidemic in West Africa's worst-hit country.
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padfun
(1,787 posts)The election is already over.
/half-snark
uppityperson
(115,679 posts)Crisis? I hope not.
Marthe48
(17,018 posts)I just read the an 11th doctor, Dr. Victor Willoughby, Sierra Leone, died this week. With US elections over, we seem to have forgotten the crises in the West African countries. About 350 health workers, from several countries, have died from Ebola.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)The ones who contract the disease, recover, and basically say "well, that just means it'll have to try harder to get me the next time." Wow.
Marthe48
(17,018 posts)The world could use more. And I bet you do the all the good you can. I believe most of us do.