WHO: No Control Over Spread Of Ebola -- Al Jazeera
UN health authority says almost half of Ebola patients have died, and warns disease will spread to other countries.
The Ebola outbreak shows no signs of abating, has killed 3,879 people and threatens more Western African nations poorly equipped to deal with the disease, the World Health Organisation has said in a grim update.
The UN's health authority said on Wednesday that a total of 8,033 people had caught the infection up to October 5, and 3,879 of those had died. Liberia and Sierra Leone, the two worst-hit nations, had less than a quarter of the beds needed.
"The situation in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone continues to deteriorate, with widespread and persistent transmission of Ebola," it said. "There is no evidence that the EVD epidemic in West Africa is being brought under control."
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