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Ebola Death Toll in 3 Worst-Hit West African States Exceeds 9,000

© AP Photo / Abbas DullehHealth care workers walk past boots that were washed to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus inside a USAID, funded Ebola clinic in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. The World Health Organization says officials are now focused on ending the biggest-ever Ebola outbreak rather than just slowing the virus’ spread.
Health care workers walk past boots that were washed to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus inside a USAID, funded Ebola clinic in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. The World Health Organization says officials are now focused on ending the biggest-ever Ebola outbreak rather than just slowing the virus’ spread. - Sputnik International
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Updated data reveals that the highest number of deaths in the current Ebola outbreak, 3,746, have been registered in Liberia. Sierra Leone has the highest number of confirmed, probable or suspected cases at 10,792.

A health care worker assists a collegue inside a USAID, funded Ebola clinic in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. The World Health Organization says officials are now focused on ending the biggest-ever Ebola outbreak rather than just slowing the virus’ spread. In an update published Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, the U.N. health agency said the three most affected countries _ Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia _ reported fewer than 100 cases in the past week, for the first time since June, 2014. - Sputnik International
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Ebola Cases on Rise for the First Time in 2015
GENEVA (Sputnik) — The current Ebola outbreak has already claimed lives of over 9,000 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday, in its most recent situation summary.

According to WHO statistics, the deadly Ebola virus disease has killed 9,004 people in the three most affected West African countries. The number of confirmed cases has reached 22,525.

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Updated data reveals that the highest number of deaths in the current Ebola outbreak, 3,746, have been registered in Liberia, while Sierra Leone has the highest number of confirmed, probable or suspected cases at 10,792.

The Ebola epidemic currently sweeping several countries in Western Africa broke out in Guinea in December 2013, and quickly spread to neighboring states. Cases have also been documented in the United States and Europe.

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