The Invisible Invader - Ebola cases 'could exceed 20,000' as outbreak expands

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Ebola cases 'could exceed 20,000' as outbreak expands, warns WHO | Al Jazeera America

Almost half of total cases have occurred within last three weeks; real number of infected could be two-four times higher

August 28, 2014 

Infections from the deadly Ebola outbreak that has so far killed more than 1,500 people in West Africa “could exceed 20,000,” the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday.

The U.N. agency published new figures showing that 3,069 cases have been recorded to date in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria. Of those around half had resulted in fatalities.

But the outbreak "continues to accelerate," WHO officials said, with at least 40 percent of cases occurring within the past three weeks.

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