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| Ebola crisis: Liberia 'faces huge surge' says WHO | |
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| Ebola is spreading exponentially in Liberia, with thousands of new cases expected in the next three weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. | Ebola is spreading exponentially in Liberia, with thousands of new cases expected in the next three weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. |
| Conventional methods to control the outbreak were "not having an adequate impact", the UN's health agency added. | Conventional methods to control the outbreak were "not having an adequate impact", the UN's health agency added. |
| At least 2,100 people have died of the virus in the West African states of Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria this year. | At least 2,100 people have died of the virus in the West African states of Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria this year. |
| The WHO says 79 health workers have died from the virus. | The WHO says 79 health workers have died from the virus. |
| Organisations combating the outbreak needed to scale-up efforts "three-to-four fold", the WHO said. | |
| It highlighted Liberia's Montserrado county, where 1,000 beds were needed for infected Ebola patients but only 240 were available, leading to people being turned away from treatment centres. | |
| Taxis being used to transport infected patients appeared to be "a hot source of potential virus transmission", the WHO said. | |
| The Ebola disease spreads between humans by direct contact with infected blood, bodily fluids or organs, or indirectly through contact with contaminated environments. | |
| The current outbreak has mortality rate of about 55%. | |
| Liberia has the highest number of reported cases and deaths, with more than 1,000 casualties so far. |