By Doyin Ojosipe with agency report
There’s close to 400 new cases in just four days
Cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea have reached over 20,000.
New numbers released from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday show Ebola has infected 20,081 people and killed 7,842. That’s nearly 400 new cases of the disease in just four days.
Despite missions launched by countries and international groups like the United States and United Nations in the last few months, the disease continues to spread. Sierra Leone has passed Liberia in number of cases. Many are anxiously awaiting a vaccine that’s been estimated to become available in the early part of the new year and researchers are also working on developing drugs to treat Ebola.
According to TIME some experts believe the epidemic will last a full second year.
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