people, mostly in the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Fifteen other Ebola deaths also occurred in Mali, Nigeria and the United States. When Ebola was first detected in March 2014 in Guinea's forest, officials assumed the deadly virus could quickly be stamped out, just as it had in more than two dozen previous outbreaks, mostly in central and eastern Africa. But health officials now acknowledge they were too slow to respond to this emergency, allowing Ebola to cross porous borders in a region where broken health systems were unable to stop its spread. Follow details on http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/03/12/ebola-west-africa/70218942/
U.N.: Ebola deaths surpass 10,000, most in West Africa
14 March 2015, 7:57 pm Written by Micat Liberia
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Ebola Update
The World Health Organization marked a grim milestone Thursday in the biggest-ever Ebola outbreak, estimating that the virus had killed over 10,000
people, mostly in the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Fifteen other Ebola deaths also occurred in Mali, Nigeria and the United States. When Ebola was first detected in March 2014 in Guinea's forest, officials assumed the deadly virus could quickly be stamped out, just as it had in more than two dozen previous outbreaks, mostly in central and eastern Africa. But health officials now acknowledge they were too slow to respond to this emergency, allowing Ebola to cross porous borders in a region where broken health systems were unable to stop its spread. Follow details on http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/03/12/ebola-west-africa/70218942/