Ebola will not go quietly, says WHO after rise in cases

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Ebola will not go quietly, says WHO official after rise in cases

Thirty-five new cases reported in past week in Guinea and Sierra Leone, four times as many as in previous week

Guinea and Sierra Leone have reported 35 new Ebola cases in the past week, four times as many as the week before, in a reminder that the virus “will not go quietly”, a World Health Organisation official has said.

“It will take an extraordinary effort to finish the job,” the WHO’s special representative for Ebola, Bruce Aylward, told a briefing attended by health ministers.

“With the start of the rainy season today, the doubling of effort will be that much more difficult, that much more important,” he added, referring to increased logistical challenges for health workers.

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Ebola... The disease that just keeps on giving!