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Ebola virus : Can the outbreak be stopped?

Agencies Published October 3, 2014
Liberian Red Cross staff looks for dead people in Monrovia, where the Ebola virus has crippled the country's already weak health services, killing 89 health workers. Liberia has accounted for more than half of Ebola deaths, with the official toll rising to 3,338, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Photo by - AFP
Liberian Red Cross staff looks for dead people in Monrovia, where the Ebola virus has crippled the country's already weak health services, killing 89 health workers. Liberia has accounted for more than half of Ebola deaths, with the official toll rising to 3,338, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Photo by - AFP
A man transports a possible victim of the Ebola virus in a wheelbarrow at the Ebola treatment center at Island hospital in Monrovia. Photo by - AFP
A man transports a possible victim of the Ebola virus in a wheelbarrow at the Ebola treatment center at Island hospital in Monrovia. Photo by - AFP
The UN launched a mission to prevent the worldwide spread of Ebola as the US hunted for people who came in contact with the first African diagnosed with the deadly virus outside the continent. Photo by - AFP
The UN launched a mission to prevent the worldwide spread of Ebola as the US hunted for people who came in contact with the first African diagnosed with the deadly virus outside the continent. Photo by - AFP
A health worker stands near a man suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus as he lies on the ground naked after he was admitted to Island Hospital in Monrovia. Photo by - AFP
A health worker stands near a man suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus as he lies on the ground naked after he was admitted to Island Hospital in Monrovia. Photo by - AFP
Medical personnel at the Ebola treatment centre at Island hospital in Monrovia disinfect people who had brought patients suspected of having the Ebola virus. Photo by - AFP
Medical personnel at the Ebola treatment centre at Island hospital in Monrovia disinfect people who had brought patients suspected of having the Ebola virus. Photo by - AFP
The UN launched a mission to prevent the worldwide spread of Ebola as the US hunted for people who came in contact with the first African diagnosed with the deadly virus outside the continent. Photo by - AFP
The UN launched a mission to prevent the worldwide spread of Ebola as the US hunted for people who came in contact with the first African diagnosed with the deadly virus outside the continent. Photo by - AFP
Children walk past a sign by The Ivy Apartments, in Dallas. A family who resides at the complex had contact with a man diagnosed with the Ebola virus. Photo by - AP
Children walk past a sign by The Ivy Apartments, in Dallas. A family who resides at the complex had contact with a man diagnosed with the Ebola virus. Photo by - AP
State and local officials are working with federal officials to monitor other individuals that had contact with the confirmed patient. Photo by - AFP
State and local officials are working with federal officials to monitor other individuals that had contact with the confirmed patient. Photo by - AFP

The Health Ministry of Zaire named the Ebola virus after the Ebola River back in 1976. That river is a tributary of the Congo River. While Ebola continues to ravage West Africa, Sierra Leone is one of the hardest-hit countries. The virus has killed more than 3,300 people and infected at least twice as many in West Africa.

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indian traveller
Oct 05, 2014 07:56pm
if this reaches india pakistan bangladesh.end of story
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faizan
Oct 08, 2014 08:19pm
we cant even finish polio how are we thinkin about ebola
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Mariam
Oct 08, 2014 09:41pm
I hope the Ebola epidemic is controlled soon. Horrific scenes in Africa at the moment. If it reaches Pakistan, we are done for.
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indian realist
Oct 09, 2014 06:15am
It has reached Europe.probably god has special sympathy for us that it has not reached indian subcontinent
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