Ebola: outbreak in West Africa can achieve peak of up to 10,000 new cases per week in December
The mortality rate of patients infected with hemorrhagic fever virus can reach 70 percent, in the three most affected countries, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea-Conakry.Dr. Bruce Aylward, the who's Assistant Director-General, explained that "the current number of registered cases is 8941. Let's exceed 9,000 this week. The disease continues to expand geographically. More districts, counties and prefectures where it was detected the disease than there was a month ago and this is happening in the three countries. "The who believes, however, that it is still possible to contain the epidemic. Aylward pointed out that in some regions has decreased the rhythm of the contagion and that, after the peak of December, the number of cases should enter into regression thanks to actions to combat viruses that are being applied.
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