Ebola cases near 16,000, Sierra Leone to overtake Liberia soon with most cases – WHO


  • World
  • Friday, 28 Nov 2014

Medical staff wearing protective suits gather at a health facility near the Liberia-Sierra Leone border in western Liberia November 5, 2014. REUTERS/James Giahyue

GENEVA (Reuters) - (Story corrects headline to clarify reference to Sierra Leone)

The death toll in the world's worst Ebola epidemic has risen to 5,689 out of 15,935 cases reported in eight countries by the end of Nov. 23, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

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