Sierra Leone sees surge in Ebola cases
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THE number of Ebola cases is surging in Sierra Leone as the country suffers from a lack of treatment centers, while lack of food and basic goods is forcing some people to leave quarantine areas, the United Nations said.
The UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response said in its weekly report that a total of 1,062 people had died in Sierra Leone from the virus, with the outbreak particularly virulent in the western areas around the coastal capital Freetown.
Sierra Leone is emerging as the focal point for concern in the worst Ebola outbreak on record. The World Health Organization said earlier that 4,818 people had died in the epidemic and that the number of cases was still rising in Sierra Leone, though it was stabilizing in Guinea and slowing in Liberia.
Sierra Leone has 288 beds spread across four Ebola Treatment Centers treating 196 confirmed cases of the disease as of November 2, the UN mission said.
However, it suspects an average of 50 percent of cases of the Ebola virus are not being reported across Sierra Leone and reported a growing incidence of families leaving quarantined homes to find food.
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