‘Ebola to Worsen in Next Two Weeks’

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William Q. Harmon

We know how to stop Ebola. The challenge is to scale it up to the massive levels needed to stop this outbreak, ~ Tom Freiden

In direct contradiction to the peception that the Ebola virus is gradually being contained in Liberia as a result of the low number of cases now being reported, the Director  of the United States-based Center for Disease Control, Dr. Tom Frieden, has made the alarming warning that the Ebola outbreak in the region is likely to get worse in the next few weeks.
He did not state the basis of his prediction. 
Since the outbreak of the virus in the Mano River Union basin, it has claimed more than 1500 lives.
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"We're likely to see significant increases in cases. Already we have widespread transmissions in Liberia. In Sierra Leone, we're seeing strong signs that that will happen in the near future," he said. He did not say what those signs were.
The US health agency boss  made the revelation during a tele-briefing of journalists in the US.
He noted that the outbreak is the first epidemic of Ebola the world has ever known, which indicates that the virus is spreading widely in society and is threatening the stability of affected and neighboring countries...  http://www.liberianobserver.com/news/%E2%80%98ebola-worsen-next-two-weeks%E2%80%99