West African Health Centers Can't Keep Up With Ebola Outbreak, WHO Says -- CNN
(CNN) -- The number of new Ebola cases is growing faster than the ability of health officials to handle them, the head of the World Health Organization said Friday.
"In the three hardest hit countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the number of new cases is moving far faster than the capacity to manage them in the Ebola-specific treatment centers," said Margaret Chan, the WHO director-general. "Today, there is not one single bed available for the treatment of an Ebola patient in the entire country of Liberia."
This week, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced it will donate $50 million to help fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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Will be hearing new words soon like, engulfed, descent of darkness, maybe a few out of the Old Testament.
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