Ebola Outbreak Enters Sixth Month with No End in Sight
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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Though two American aid workers have recovered from Ebola, the outbreak continues to spread in West Africa with no end in sight.
At last count, the virus had killed at least 1,427 people and sickened 1,188 more — numbers thought to “vastly underestimate” the outbreak’s true toll, according to the World Health Organization.
The outbreak emerged in March and quickly became the deadliest on record. An estimated 46.5 percent of all Ebola deaths recorded since the virus’s discovery in 1976 have occurred in the last five months, according to WHO data.
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