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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Sharp rise in Ebola cases in Sierra Leone |
| 2014-11-11 |
| The statistics are catching up after a brief lull. The numbers appear to still be tracking my estimates, sadly. Kudos to the brave medical personel fighting what can only be a losing battle in the end The number of new cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone has jumped dramatically, putting paid to any hopes that the infection rate is slowing. Official figures released by the minister of health and sanitation show there were 111 new cases registered on Sunday, the highest daily rate since the ministry started publishing figures in August. There were 45 new cases the day before, including 24 in the capital, Freetown. Laboratory results for patients in Freetown, which include the new British army-built Ebola hospital, showed 40 new cases on Sunday. There was also a spike in the number of cases in Port Loko, a district north of Freetown where there is still no treatment centre and where, until recently, corpses were left lying on verandahs, in hospitals and in houses for days before collection. |
| Posted by:anon1 |
| #3 but you can't lie to nature.... nature doesn't care |
| Posted by: anon1 2014-11-11 07:44 |
| #2 You can lie to people |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-11-11 04:08 |
| #1 Declaring a crisis "over" doesn't really make it over. |
| Posted by: Incredulous 2014-11-11 04:06 |