Ebola death toll tops 4,900 as virus spreads - WHO<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-death-toll-tops-4-900-virus-spreads-124924870.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IJ2psNMWbX9s91186EG.3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-10-13T174654Z_33841954_GM1EAAE047N01_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-EBOLA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Health worker in protective equipment carries a sample taken from the body of someone who is suspected to have died from Ebola virus, near Rokupa Hospital" align="left" title="Health worker in protective equipment carries a sample taken from the body of someone who is suspected to have died from Ebola virus, near Rokupa Hospital" border="0" /></a>By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The death toll from the Ebola epidemic rose to 4,922 out of 10,141 known cases in eight countries through Oct. 23, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. The virus, which reached Mali through a two-year-old girl who died on Friday, now threatens Ivory Coast, having infected people virtually all along its borders with Guinea and Liberia. Ivory Coast is the world's biggest cocoa producer. The Ebola outbreak has hurt the economic growth that has been raising living standards in the region. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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