Falling Ebola cases show 'turning point'
Source: BBC
22 January 2015 Last updated at 08:41 ET
There has been a "turning point" in the Ebola crisis, with cases falling in the three affected countries, World Health Organization officials say.
Just eight cases were detected in Liberia in the last week down from a peak of 500-a-week in September. Guinea and Sierra Leone have also seen falls.
The WHO said the figures were the "most promising" since the outbreak started.
But it continues to urge caution, and to highlight the need to find those who had contact with Ebola patients.
The largest outbreak of Ebola in human history has infected 21,724 people and killed 8,641 - largely in just three countries, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
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uppityperson
(115,677 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,897 posts)For some great news! Keep plugging! And let's hope we can get a good vaccine developed and distributed.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)ND-Dem
(4,571 posts)of comments and recs.
people are so easily manipulated. that was a nice bit of psyops.
quadrature
(2,049 posts)Ebola seems to be less contagious,
than some(including me) thought it would be