July 23, 2014 -Head of Doctors treating Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Sierra Leone has been infected with the disease , Reuters has reported. Experts say the disease has no cure.
The doctor whose names was not mentioned in the report was infected even as the World Health Organisation (WHO) says death has reached 632 in the three West African countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone out of the 1048 cases discovered in the region.
“Between 15 – 17 July 2014, 67 new cases of EVD, including 19 new deaths, were reported from the three countries as follows: Guinea, 0 new cases and 0 deaths; Liberia, 22 new cases with 10 deaths; and Sierra Leone 45 new cases and 9 deaths. These numbers include laboratory-confirmed, probable, and suspect cases and deaths of EVD.
As of 17 July 2014, the cumulative number of cases attributed to EVD in the three countries stands at 1 048, including 632 deaths.
“The distribution and classification of the cases are as follows: Guinea, 410 cases (301 confirmed, 95 probable, and 14 suspected) and 310 deaths (203 confirmed, 95 probable, and 12 suspected); Liberia, 196 cases (76 confirmed, 56 probable, and 64 suspected) and 116 deaths (54 confirmed, 40 probable, and 22 suspected); and Sierra Leone, 442 cases (368 confirmed, 48 probable, and 26 suspected) and 206 deaths (165 confirmed, 35 probable, and 6 suspected)”.
