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#Ebola watch: Outbreak still growing in Sierra Leone

2014-11-11 05:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

U-T Sand Digeo: Sierra Leone's Ministry of Health and Sanitation released a new Ebola report Sunday that shows 111 new confirmed cases. The tally is fresh evidence that the nation's epidemic is not yet under control. The United Kingdom is taking the lead in the international community's response in Sierra Leone and just opened the first of six Ebola treatment centers on Thursday, Nov. 6. U.S. IN LIBERIA On Monday the Associated Press reported that the United States opened the first of 17 planned Ebola treatment...

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UK's RFA Argus sails to Sierra Leone to fight Ebola

2014-10-21 01:00:00| Naval Technology

The UK's Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel (RFA) Argus has sailed from Falmouth to Sierra Leone, as part of the country's efforts to tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

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Ebola infecting five new people every hour in Sierra Leone, figures show

2014-10-03 05:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Ebola is spreading at the rate of five new cases an hour in Sierra Leone, according to figures released as world leaders and experts on disease control gathered in London to discuss the outbreak. The figures from Save the Children showed there were 765 new cases last week in the west African country alone, but only 327 hospital beds to treat infected patients. The charity said the terrifying rate of the spread of the disease was outstripping medical supplies and threatened a breakdown of Sierra...

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