Ebola rapidly advancing in rural Sierra Leone

Ebola rapidly advancing in rural Sierra Leone

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London (AFP) – Ebola is spreading up to nine times faster in parts of Sierra Leone than two months ago, a report by the Africa Governance Initiative (AGI) said on Sunday.

 

“Whilst new cases appear to have slowed in Liberia, Ebola is continuing to spread frighteningly quickly in parts of Sierra Leone,” said the AGI report.

 

On average, 12 new cases a day were seen in the rural areas surrounding Freetown in late October, compared with 1.3 cases in early September, the report said, a nine fold increase.

 

Transmission was also increasing rapidly in the capital Freetown, with the average number of daily cases six times higher than two months ago.

 

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