WHO: Victims killed by Ebola More Than 4,000 People

HEALTH INFO October 11, 2014 13:00

Illustration of Ebola virus
Liputan6.com, Jakarta World Health Organization released the victims died from ebola until
October 8, 2014 to more than 4,000 people. This amount is almost half of the total cases of 8399
cases were registered in seven countries. As Al Jazeera reported on Saturday (10/11/2014) states
are considered vulnerable ebola virus was still in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Furthermore,
the second group consisted of vulnerable Nigeria, Senegal, Spain and the United States. So far,
Liberia thinking about the worst record with 4,076 cases and 2,316 deaths, followed by Sierra
Leone with 2,950 cases and 930 deaths. Guinea, 1,350 cases and 778 deaths. Meanwhile, in the
Democratic Republic of Congo, the WHO said there has been a 71 cases and 43 deaths up to
October 7th. The UN special envoy for Ebola, David Nabarro said the number of cases this may
be doubled every three to four weeks. Therefore, it needs a rapid response. "Without a mass
mobilization of the world to support countries affected in West Africa, it was not possible to
eradicate the disease quickly. And the world must live with the Ebola virus forever," he said.
Separately, Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson, said the ebola virus requires quite a large
amount of resources in the financial, medical staff and equipment so he menyeruka all countries to
act quickly and generously. "Speed is of the essence. Donations no matter how small is very
meaningful," said Eliasson.