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WHO says Ebola outbreak could strike 20,000 people

Shiloh

Shiloh

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Source: http://news.msn.com/world/who-says-ebola-outbreak-could-strike-20000-people


WHO says Ebola outbreak could strike 20,000 people
Reuters 2 hr ago By Stephanie Nebehay of Reuters


GENEVA (Reuters) - The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday in a bleak assessment of the deadly disease.

The United Nations health agency issued a strategic plan to combat the outbreak in four West African nations where it said the actual number of cases could already be two to four times higher than the reported 3,069. The death toll stands at 1,552.

"This roadmap assumes that in many areas of intense transmission the actual number of cases may be 2-4 fold higher than that currently reported. It acknowledges that the aggregate case load of Ebola Virus Disease could exceed 20,000 over the course of this emergency," the WHO said...
 
Re: WHO says Ebola outbreak could strike 20,000 people

Shiloh said:
Source: http://news.msn.com/world/who-says-ebola-outbreak-could-strike-20000-people


WHO says Ebola outbreak could strike 20,000 people
Reuters 2 hr ago By Stephanie Nebehay of Reuters


GENEVA (Reuters) - The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday in a bleak assessment of the deadly disease.

The United Nations health agency issued a strategic plan to combat the outbreak in four West African nations where it said the actual number of cases could already be two to four times higher than the reported 3,069. The death toll stands at 1,552.

"This roadmap assumes that in many areas of intense transmission the actual number of cases may be 2-4 fold higher than that currently reported. It acknowledges that the aggregate case load of Ebola Virus Disease could exceed 20,000 over the course of this emergency," the WHO said...
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So if the actual number of cases is between 6,000 and 12,000 cases, the WHO anticipates that the only 8,000 to 14,000 more cases will develop before the crisis is over? I hate to say it, but that sounds fairly optimistic to me.
 
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