Ebola Death Toll Rises, WHO Calls For Global Response
Inquisitr.com
October 6, 2014
With over 7,000 people infected, the Ebola death toll has climbed to over 3,400. The largest Ebola outbreak in known history is putting a strain on local health care systems and threatening the stability of the region. Sierra Leone and nearby nations in West Africa have been ground zero for the growing Ebola death toll with other parts of the region including Liberia, Guinea, and Nigeria also being infected. While some areas have had better success in controlling the outbreaks, the Ebola death toll continues to rise in Sierra Leone and other nations. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has also been affected by the Ebola outbreak.
With the Ebola death toll rapidly approaching the 3,500 mark the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for swift global action to combat the deadly out break. The large number of Ebola outbreaks is not only causing the Ebola death toll to rise, but it is putting a strain on an already vulnerable health care system which many officials fear will not be able to handle the strain and as the Ebola death toll rises, the health care system in Western Africa could collapse.
President Obama has also warned that the global response to the rise in the Ebola death toll has been too slow and that more international cooperation is needed to help control the Ebola outbreaks around the world and to keep the Ebola death toll from rising any higher.
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