Ebola kills 2,811,outbreak 'contained' in Senegal, Nigeria WHO

September 23, 2014 03:22

The deadliest Ebola epidemic ever has now killed 2,811 in west Africa, the World Health Organisation has said, adding though that in Senegal and Nigeria the outbreak had been basically contained.

The UN health agency, which also published the results of the latest meeting of its Ebola emergency committee, yesterday said a total of 5,864 people had been infected in five west African countries as of September 18.

The disease has claimed 181 lives since the last death toll of 2,630 was issued on September 14.

Guinea, where the outbreak began at the start of the year, and neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone by far account for most of the cases and continue to see ballooning numbers.

Liberia has been especially hard-hit, with 1,578 deaths from 3,022 cases.

At the same time "the outbreaks in Senegal and Nigeria are pretty much contained," the WHO said in a statement.

Senegal has not reported any new cases of the deadly virus since it registered its first and only case on August 29 -- a Guinean student who has since recovered.

And Nigeria, where 20 people have been infected, eight of whom have died, has not reported any new cases since September 8, the WHO pointed out.

The incubation period for Ebola is 21 days, and double that time must pass without any new cases arising before a country can be deemed transmission-free.

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