[Iran Press TV] The Ebola virus continues to claim lives, with the corpse count in West Africa reaching 1,427, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.The latest data released on Friday by the UN health agency showed over 2,600 known cases in West Africa.
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the WHO warned that the scale of the world's worst Ebola outbreak has been concealed by families hiding infected loved ones in their homes and the existence of "shadow zones" that medics cannot enter.
The worst-affected country is Liberia with 624 deaths, while 406 have bit the dust in Guinea.
The deadly disease has also killed 392 in Sierra Leone and five in Nigeria.
Many African countries have restricted air, land and sea travel to the Ebola-hit countries, causing a significant impact on the economy and on food security.
Experts do not expect the epidemic to be brought under control this year.
In more positive news, two US humanitarian workers infected with the virus while working in Liberia have been released from an Atlanta hospital.
They received an experimental drug treatment that has yet to go through full clinical and human trials.
Ebola is a form of hemorrhagic fever whose symptoms are diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding.