Only the Beginning: 20K More Ebola Cases Expected…”we will continue to see additional spread worldwide”
By Heather Sells
CBN.com
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
The Ebola epidemic has already killed more than 2,000 people in West Africa, making it the biggest outbreak ever, and the World Health Organization warns it’s only the beginning.
WHO is predicting thousands of new cases in the coming weeks. In a report issued Monday, the organization predicted the outbreak will take six to nine months to contain and may infect up to 20,000 people.
“The longer the current outbreak goes on it’s really meant that we will continue to see additional spread worldwide,” Dr. Ali Khan, dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, said.
The Pentagon is sending a 25-bed field hospital to Liberia to help treat health workers who have contracted Ebola. The WHO is asking governments to triple current aid efforts to battle the explosive outbreak.
Meanwhile in Nebraska, Dr. Rick Sacra, the third American missionary to be infected with the Ebola virus, remains in stable condition.
Doctors there say they’re comparing notes with Emory Hospital in Atlanta, which already treated two Americans with Ebola and expects a third today.
“It’s virtually the same strain. I’ve been on the phone to Emory people every day,” Dr. Phil Smith, medical director of the Omaha unit, said.
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