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Sunday 30 Nov 2014 - 13:04 Makkah mean time-8-2-1436 Geneva (IINA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said the number of people infected with Ebola in West Africa has risen above 16,000, with the death toll reaching almost 7,000.
The virus outbreak has centered on Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. They account for the vast majority of the cases reported to date, with about three dozen cases elsewhere.
Liberia has recorded the highest number of cases and deaths, but the rate of infection is slowing there. The disease is now spreading fastest in Sierra Leone.
Mali has recorded infections after patients crossed over from neighboring Guinea. It has reported two new cases this week.
The WHO said that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo had ended. Its guidelines stated that a country can be declared free of the virus once 42 days, representing twice the maximum incubation period for Ebola, have passed and no new cases have been detected.
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