{"id":50494,"date":"2014-09-23T18:12:37","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T18:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=50494"},"modified":"2014-09-23T18:12:37","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T18:12:37","slug":"ebola-death-rates-70-who-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/ebola-death-rates-70-who-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebola death rates 70% – WHO study"},"content":{"rendered":"
New figures suggest 70% of those infected with Ebola in West Africa have died, higher than previously reported, says the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n
Ebola infections will treble to 20,000 by November if efforts to tackle the outbreak are not stepped up, the UN agency has warned.<\/p>\n
In the worst case scenario, cases in two nations could reach 1.4 million in January, according to a US estimate.<\/p>\n
Experts said the US numbers were “somewhat pessimistic”.<\/p>\n
The world’s largest outbreak of Ebola has caused 2,800 deaths so far, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n
Outbreaks in Senegal and Nigeria were “pretty much contained”, said the WHO.<\/p>\n
Scientists have warned that swift action is needed to curb the exponential climb in the Ebola outbreak.<\/span><\/p>\n
Two new estimates suggest that cases of Ebola could soar dramatically in the three countries with the majority of cases.<\/p>\n