More than 10,000 people have been infected with Ebola, according to figures released by the World Health Organisation, as the outbreak continue to spread. In the report, there’s 4,922 people have died because of this disease.
The UN health agency said that the number of confirmed, probable and suspected cases has risen to 10,141. Its figures show about 200 new cases since the last report, four days ago.
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Even those grisly tolls are likely an underestimate, WHO has warned as many people in the hardest hit countries have been unable or too frightened to seek medical care. A shortage of labs capable of handling potentially infected blood samples has also made it difficult to track the outbreak. For example, the latest numbers show no change in Liberia’s case tollo, suggesting the numbers may be lagging behind reality.
Mali had long been considered highly vulnerable to the disease since it shares a border with Guinea. The disease arrived there in a two-year-old who travelled from Guinea with her grandmother by bus and died.
To help fight Ebola, the UN humanitarian flight service air-lifted about 1 tonne of medical supplies to Mali late Friday- AP
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