Ebola could infect 1.4m by Jan
The number of Ebola infections in Liberia and Sierra Leone could skyrocket to 1.4 million by January 2015, according to a worst-case scenario released by US health authorities yesterday.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that Ebola cases in these two West African nations could range from between 550,000 and 1.4 million cases by January 20, 2015.
The UN health agency earlier Tuesday said that new cases would increase from hundreds each week to thousands without"drastic improvements in control measures," with infections more than tripling to 20,000 by November.
"If we move fast enough we can turn it around," said CDC chief Tom Frieden. "I am confident that the most dire predictions are not going to come to pass."
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