Tuesday, October 14, 2014

WHO Predicts 10,000 New Ebola Cases Per Week In West Africa By December 1

Note: figures have occasionally been revised down as suspect or probable cases are found to be unrelated to Ebola. This does not include one death in the US recorded on 8 October. BBC

New Ebola Cases Seen at 10,000 a Week by Dec. 1, WHO Says -- Bloomberg

The number of Ebola cases in three West African nations may jump to between 5,000 and 10,000 a week by Dec. 1 as the deadly viral infection spreads, the World Health Organization said.

The outbreak is still expanding geographically in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and accelerating in capital cities, Bruce Aylward, the WHO’s assistant director-general in charge of the Ebola response, said in a briefing with reporters in Geneva. There have been about 1,000 new cases a week for the past three to four weeks, he said.

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More News On The WHO Estimating 10,000 New Ebola Cases Per Week In West Africa By December 1

WHO: Ebola cases could hit 10,000 a week -- CBS/AP
Forecast for Ebola Worsens as Mortality Rate Rises -- NYT
Ebola infection rate may rise to 10,000 new cases per week: WHO -- Globe and Mail
Ebola death toll rises to 4,447, WHO estimates -- BBC
Number of Ebola Cases to Top 9,000 This Week: WHO -- RIA Novosti
Ebola death rate up to 70%: WHO -- Gulf News/AFP/Reuters
Ebola outbreak killing 70 percent of victims -- Al Jazeera
WHO says Ebola virus still spreading -- Deutsche Welle

2 comments:

Unknown said...

If they get a vaccine or treatment due to RNA studies, they will have found a very good chance to get one for Marburg and any other Filoviridae virus.

My take is that they will have a leg up up on curing vaccinating all hemorrhagic fevers and soon.

Unknown said...

If they get a vaccine or treatment due to RNA studies, they will have found a very good chance to get one for Marburg and any other Filoviridae virus.

My take is that they will have a leg up up on curing vaccinating all hemorrhagic fevers and soon.