This Map Shows Why People Are Freaking Out About Ebola’s Arrival in Senegal

Thursday, September 4, 2014
By Paul Martin

Deadly contagion + international transit hub = bad news.

By Alex Park
MotherJones.com
Thu Sep. 4, 2014

The ongoing outbreaks of Ebola in West Africa continue to devastate Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, and recently caused a national emergency in Nigeria—as of August 28, the Centers for Disease Control was putting the suspected and confirmed case count at 3,069 all told, including 1,552 deaths. But in the last few days, with the virus entering Senegal and health workers discovering a fresh outbreak in Nigeria, global health groups such as the World Health Organization are getting increasingly strident with their concerns. On Sunday, WHO officials called Ebola’s arrival in Senegal “a top priority emergency.” On Tuesday, Joanne Liu, international president of the global health organization Doctors Without Borders, warned the UN that the world was “losing the battle to contain” the disease. “Leaders are failing to come to grips with this transnational threat,” she said.

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