Ebola toll tops 2,000, cases near 4,000: World Health Organization

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Ebola toll tops 2,000, cases near 4,000: World Health Organization

More than 2,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the World Health Organization said on Friday, out of about 4,000 patients thought to have been infected in the three countries worst hit by the disease. The death toll in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone totaled 2,097 as at Sept 5, out of 3,944 cases, a WHO document said. A further eight people have died in Nigeria, out of 23 cases, and 1 confirmed case in Senegal. The WHO said health officials were trying to trace contacts of patients to halt the spread in those two countries, with 400 contacts being followed in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Port Harcourt and 67 being followed in Senegal.

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