{"id":46217,"date":"2014-09-10T07:15:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T07:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=46217"},"modified":"2014-09-10T07:15:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T07:15:11","slug":"ebola-outbreak-threatens-liberias-national-existence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/ebola-outbreak-threatens-liberias-national-existence\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebola outbreak ‘threatens Liberia’s national existence’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Liberia is facing a “serious threat” to its national existence as the deadly Ebola virus “spreads like wildfire” there, its defence minister says.<\/p>\n
Brownie Samukai told the UN Security Council that the international response to the crisis was “less than robust”.<\/p>\n
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that thousands more cases could occur in Liberia, which has been worst hit by the West Africa outbreak.<\/p>\n
Some 2,288 people have died from Ebola in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n
The WHO says half of these deaths occurred in the three weeks running up to 6 September.<\/p>\n
In Nigeria, eight people have died out of a total 21 cases, while one case has been confirmed in Senegal, with no deaths.<\/p>\n