UN and WHO warn of coming massive Ebola outbreak

By Chris Perez
NYPost.com
September 18, 2014

The Ebola outbreak has gotten drastically out of hand and is spreading faster than ever — leading global health experts to believe they have only weeks to act before the epidemic rages completely out of control.

More than 700 new cases of the deadly virus have been reported just this week as the staggering number of deaths topped 2,600 people, the World Health Organization confirmed Thursday.

WHO is now predicting that as many as 20,000 people could become stricken with the viral infection in the future, HealthDay reports. Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria and Senegal have all reported cases of Ebola.

Liberia has been hit the hardest, with more than 1,450 total reported deaths there.

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