The massive media attention of Ebola has suddenly vanished now that the midterm election is over. But that does not mean that the Ebola outbreak has suddenly disappeared. In Sierra Leone, a gruesome reminder of the spread of Ebola was discovered by the World Health Organization, when they found scores of bodies piled up in a hospital.
The organization's presence in the region where the bodies were found followed news of a spike in reported Ebola cases in the district, which lies along the country's eastern border with Guinea.
In 11 days, two teams buried 87 bodies.
Twenty-five people had died in a hastily cordoned off section of the local hospital in the five days before the team arrived.
The organization's presence in the region where the bodies were found followed news of a spike in reported Ebola cases in the district, which lies along the country's eastern border with Guinea.
In 11 days, two teams buried 87 bodies.
Twenty-five people had died in a hastily cordoned off section of the local hospital in the five days before the team arrived.
They found that villages scattered across eight of the area's 15 chiefdoms had been hit by Ebola.
Officially the district of over 350,000 inhabitants had reported 119 cases up to Dec. 9.
The worst Ebola epidemic on record has killed 6,388 people out of 17,942 cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone according to WHO data.
Many of the new infections go unreported, so the true scale of the epidemic may be even larger.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
Officially the district of over 350,000 inhabitants had reported 119 cases up to Dec. 9.
The worst Ebola epidemic on record has killed 6,388 people out of 17,942 cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone according to WHO data.
Many of the new infections go unreported, so the true scale of the epidemic may be even larger.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
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