More than 10,000 people have now been infected with the Ebola virus, according to the WHO. Medical workers returning to the US are facing tighter controls, while Mali has reported its first Ebola death, reports GHN based on DW>
Of the 10,141 confirmed, probable and suspected cases of Ebola reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday, 4,922 patients had died.
The United Nations health agency has repeatedly said these figures, current to October 23, could be an underestimate as many cases in the hardest-hit West African nations may not have been reported.
The nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone had the vast majority of deaths in the worst-ever outbreak of the virus, while cases were also reported in five other nations. The WHO had previously declared outbreaks in Nigeria and Senegal to be over after no new cases were reported there in recent weeks.
Ebola cases have also been reported in Spain and the United States, while this week Mali reported its first case of Ebola.