Death toll from Ebola virus disease exceeds 1,000 in West Africa

Tuesday, August 12, 2014
By Paul Martin

Itar-tass.com
August 12, 2014

Between August 7 and 9 alone, 69 new EVD cases were registered in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone with 52 of them reported lethal

The death toll inflicted by the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa since February reached 1,013 and the number of people infected totaled 1,848, the World Health Organization said in a statement on Tuesday.

Between August 7 and 9 alone, 69 new Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases were registered in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone with 52 of them reported lethal.

The largest number of deaths was reported in Guinea, where the outbreak of the virus was registered last December and claimed 373 lives. A total of 323 people were reported dead in neighboring Liberia and 315 in Sierra Leone.

Two deaths from EVD were reported in Nigeria, which is the most densely populated state in Africa.

The WHO describes Ebola virus disease as “a severe, often fatal illness, with a case fatality rate of up to 90%.” Symptoms include sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat. This is followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding.

The infection is transmitted by direct contact with the blood, body fluids and tissues of infected animals or people. People are infectious as long as their blood and secretions contain the virus. The incubation period is 2 to 21 days.

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