More Die of Suspected Ebola as W.H.O Warns That Numbers Will Rise Further

AFRICA – The World Health Organization says there have now been 600 suspected cases of Ebola and 139 suspected deaths, with numbers expected to rise further given the time taken to detect the virus.

51 cases have now been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and two in neighbouring Uganda.

Local health workers say some facilities are being overwhelmed, and that although personal protective equipment has started to arrive, they say they are still working without adequate protection.

A W.H.O. official says investigations are under way to find out how long the virus had been spreading for, but however, their priority was to curb transmission.

The first known case was a nurse who developed symptoms and died on April 24th.