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inanna

(3,547 posts) Sat Dec 20, 2014, 10:20 AM Dec 2014

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.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-death-toll-three-african-countries-hits-7-132256151.html

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Ebola death toll in three African countries hits 7,373: WHO (Original Post) inanna Dec 2014 OP

Why are they bringing this up now? padfun Dec 2014 #1

welcome to du. if half snark, is there half real question why bring up the real uppityperson Dec 2014 #5

I check this website about once a week Marthe48 Dec 2014 #2

Most of those health workers are far tougher/better people than I'll ever be Posteritatis Dec 2014 #3

Utter selflessness Marthe48 Dec 2014 #7

k&r for an ongoing crisis uppityperson Dec 2014 #4

this could have been prevented, if anyone gave a damn about the people of West Africa Skittles Dec 2014 #6

padfun

(1,916 posts)

1. Why are they bringing this up now?

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2014, 10:28 AM

Dec 2014

The election is already over.

/half-snark

uppityperson

(116,026 posts)

5. welcome to du. if half snark, is there half real question why bring up the real

Reply to padfun (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 20, 2014, 03:26 PM

Dec 2014

Crisis? I hope not.

Marthe48

(23,436 posts)

2. I check this website about once a week

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2014, 10:31 AM

Dec 2014

http://healthmap.org/ebola/#timeline

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)

3. Most of those health workers are far tougher/better people than I'll ever be

Reply to Marthe48 (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 20, 2014, 11:31 AM

Dec 2014

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

(23,436 posts)

7. Utter selflessness

Reply to Posteritatis (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 11:24 AM

Dec 2014

The world could use more. And I bet you do the all the good you can. I believe most of us do.

uppityperson

(116,026 posts)

4. k&r for an ongoing crisis

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2014, 03:24 PM

Dec 2014

Skittles

(172,837 posts)

6. this could have been prevented, if anyone gave a damn about the people of West Africa

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2014, 06:50 PM

Dec 2014

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