Ebola Spreading Intensely In Sierra Leone As Death Toll Rises: WHO

Written on November 20, 2014. Posted in Breaking News.

GENEVA, Nov 19 (Reuters) – The toll in the Ebola epidemic has risen to 5,420 deaths out of 15,145 cases in eight countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, with transmission of the deadly virus still “intense and widespread” in Sierra Leone.

The figures, through Nov. 16, represent a jump of 243 deaths and 732 cases since those issued last Friday, and cases continue to be under-reported, the WHO said in its latest update…