Where Is The Ebola Outbreak Now? Updated Map Of Ebola Virus Outbreak Shows Spread Of Cases Outside West Africa
By Hanna Sender
IBTimes.com
August 06 2014
With over 900 deaths since March 25, the World Health Organization has declared this the worst Ebola outbreak in history, and governments around the world are acting to protect the health of their citizens. A nurse who had been treating Ebola in Lagos died from the virus, making her the second confirmed death in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country. In Sierra Leone hundreds of troops have been deployed to maintain quarantines and enforce the temporary ban on large public gatherings. Yet the precautions taken by the West African nations have not been enough to control the pandemic. A Saudi Arabian man who had recently returned from Sierra Leone died on Wednesday from a suspected case of Ebola, becoming the first death outside of West Africa. Saudi Arabia has since blocked visas from West African countries.
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