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Maitta Karrgbo, minister of health in Sierra Leone, said three countries in Africa are being ravaged by Ebola and this “epidemic has risen to claim an estimated 246 – with only 103 confirmed cases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) states only 92 cases of Ebola have been confirmed with 49 deaths attributed to the virus.
According to WHO “the geographical distribution of these cases and deaths” attributed to Ebola include:
• Conakry, 70 cases and 33 deaths
• Gueckedou, 224 cases and 173 deaths
• Macenta, 41 cases and 28 deaths
• Dabola, 4 cases and 4 deaths
• Kissidougou, 8 cases and 5 deaths
• Dinguiraye, 1 case and 1 death
• Telimele, 30 cases and 9 deaths
• Bofa, 19 cases and 10 deaths
• Kouroussa, 1 case and 1 death
Bart Janssens, director of operations for Doctors Without Borders (DWB), is warning the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is “totally out of control” and there is a strong need for “international organizations and the governments involved need to send in more health experts and to increase the public education messages about how to stop the spread of the disease.”
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Maitta Karrgbo, minister of health in Sierra Leone, said three countries in Africa are being ravaged by Ebola and this “epidemic has risen to claim an estimated 246 – with only 103 confirmed cases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) states only 92 cases of Ebola have been confirmed with 49 deaths attributed to the virus.
According to WHO “the geographical distribution of these cases and deaths” attributed to Ebola include:
• Conakry, 70 cases and 33 deaths
• Gueckedou, 224 cases and 173 deaths
• Macenta, 41 cases and 28 deaths
• Dabola, 4 cases and 4 deaths
• Kissidougou, 8 cases and 5 deaths
• Dinguiraye, 1 case and 1 death
• Telimele, 30 cases and 9 deaths
• Bofa, 19 cases and 10 deaths
• Kouroussa, 1 case and 1 death
Bart Janssens, director of operations for Doctors Without Borders (DWB), is warning the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is “totally out of control” and there is a strong need for “international organizations and the governments involved need to send in more health experts and to increase the public education messages about how to stop the spread of the disease.”
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