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Number of Ebola infections in west Africa passes 16,000
Death toll from virus outbreak nears 7,000 as World Health Organisation warns figures may be significant underestimation
Chris Johnston and agencies
theguardian.com, Saturday 29 November 2014 15.27 GMT
A child suffering from the Ebola virus receives treatment in Makeni, Sierra Leonee A child suffering from the Ebola virus receives treatment in Makeni, Sierra Leone. Photograph: Tanya Bindra/AP
The number of people with Ebola in west Africa has risen above 16,000, with the death toll from the outbreak reaching almost 7,000, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.
The number of deaths is more than 1,000 higher than the figure issued by the WHO just two days ago, but it is thought to include deaths that have gone unreported in the weeks or months since the outbreak began. Most of the new deaths were recorded in Liberia.