BBC - West African Ebola Outbreak Death Toll Hits 532 - 44 New Cases In Sierra Leone, Liberia

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High numbers of new cases of the Ebola virus are being reported in Sierra Leone and Liberia, with 19 deaths over three days this week, the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) says.

Such figures showed that it was a race against time to control the epidemic in Sierra Leone, medical charity MSF said.

In total there have been 539 deaths in West Africa since the outbreak began in neighbouring Guinea in February. Regional leaders have now agreed to set up a fund to combat its spread.

At a summit of the regional body Ecowas in Ghana on Thursday, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan agreed to contribute $3m (£1.8m) to the fund.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28268430

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1. It is very disturbing to watch this. First it was in the tens, now hundreds. Next month thousands,

and then there will be a tipping point where it is not containable.

This is scary.