The World Health Organization has said the speed and extent of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is “unprecedented”.<\/p>\n
The WHO’s Dr Keiji Fukuda expressed concern over so-called “shadow zones”, areas which cannot be reached and where patients are not being detected.<\/p>\n
The organisation confirmed 142 new cases of the disease had been reported since 19 August, as well as 77 deaths.<\/p>\n
Already more people have died in this outbreak of Ebola than in any other.<\/p>\n
At least 1,427 people have now died in the outbreak so far, with the number of cases now standing at 2,615.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a news conference in the Liberian capital Monrovia, Dr Fukuda said combating the disease would take “several months of hard work”.<\/p>\n
“We haven’t seen an Ebola outbreak covering towns, rural areas so quickly and over such a wide area,” he added.<\/p>\n
Also on Friday, Nigerian authorities said that they had detected two new cases of the virus, both spouses of medical workers who had direct contact with a man who died from the virus in Nigeria after arriving from Liberia.<\/p>\n
In Liberia on Friday, a boy of 16 shot during a protest about a quarantine died.<\/p>\n
Shakie Kamara was one of three people seriously injured on Wednesday after security forces fired at protesters, angry after blockades were erected around the West Point slum.<\/p>\n
SOURCE | BBC world News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The World Health Organization has said the speed and extent of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is “unprecedented”. The WHO’s Dr Keiji Fukuda expressed concern over so-called “shadow zones”, areas which cannot be reached and where patients are not being detected. The organisation confirmed 142 new cases of the disease had been reported since … Continue reading Ebola outbreak speed ‘unprecedented’ reports WHO<\/span>