Ebola epidemic has swept through West African countries have claimed more than 1,400 lives. Meanwhile, two new cases have emerged in Nigeria.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that the number of deaths by Ebola has reached 1,427. In all, 2,615 suspected or confirmed cases have been reported in West Africa.
Ebola claims the maximum amount of life in Liberia where 624 people died of the disease. In Guinea, 406 died and 392 in Sierra Leone.
Meanwhile, two new cases have been found in Nigeria, victims are infected by their partners and medical personnel coming into contact with an infected person
Sawyer, not quarantined as soon as he arrived. This delay causes dengue fever spread to 11 other people, killing a total of five in the country. The Nigerian government has made 213 people under surveillance for Ebola indication. People infected with flu-like symptoms of the disease screen and internal and external bleeding. There is no vaccine for the virus.
WHO is also concerned that some cases of Ebola may be detected because the family would rather hide in the victim's home. Some infected people prefer to die at home, especially in Liberia and Sierra Leone, where the disease is associated with social stigma and isolation.
Neighboring countries in West Africa are also growing increasingly concerned about the epidemic and has closed the land border and even stop flying to these countries. South Africa, Senegal and Gabon are the latest countries to close their borders and impose travel bans on Ebola-hit country.
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