With the number of deaths rising to 467 in the last week, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is being considered as the worst of its kind by the World Health Organisation. The disease is currently affecting Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, however there are fears that it could spread to neighbouring areas.
The virus is particularly dangerous because there is no vaccination or cure for the symptoms which lead to haemorrhagic fever. This causes muscle pain, weakness, vomiting, diarrhoea and in severe cases, organ failure and unstoppable bleeding. See full story here.
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