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The number of people killed by the worst outbreak of Ebola has risen to 5,160, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. | The number of people killed by the worst outbreak of Ebola has risen to 5,160, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. |
The frequency of new cases no longer appears to be increasing nationally in Guinea and Liberia but remains high in Sierra Leone, the health agency added. | The frequency of new cases no longer appears to be increasing nationally in Guinea and Liberia but remains high in Sierra Leone, the health agency added. |
The Ebola outbreak is thought to have infected more than 14,000 people, almost all of them in West Africa. | The Ebola outbreak is thought to have infected more than 14,000 people, almost all of them in West Africa. |
The deaths of three more people in Mali have been reported in the past day. | The deaths of three more people in Mali have been reported in the past day. |
"Transmission remains intense in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone" and the frequency of new cases is still increasing in Sierra Leone, the WHO said in its situation report. | "Transmission remains intense in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone" and the frequency of new cases is still increasing in Sierra Leone, the WHO said in its situation report. |
Health experts have argued that the rate of new cases is more significant that the total death toll, as it reflects how fast the virus is spreading. | Health experts have argued that the rate of new cases is more significant that the total death toll, as it reflects how fast the virus is spreading. |
More than 2,830 people have died from Ebola in Liberia, with more than 1,100 deaths in both Guinea and Sierra Leone, the WHO said. | More than 2,830 people have died from Ebola in Liberia, with more than 1,100 deaths in both Guinea and Sierra Leone, the WHO said. |
Mali has reported four deaths from Ebola, while there were eight reported Ebola deaths in Nigeria, and one in the US. | Mali has reported four deaths from Ebola, while there were eight reported Ebola deaths in Nigeria, and one in the US. |
The total number of deaths has increased by 200 since the WHO's last situation report on 7 November. | |
Cumulative deaths up to 11 November | Cumulative deaths up to 11 November |
*Figures are occasionally revised down as suspect or probable cases are found to be unrelated to Ebola. Figures for Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea up to 9 November, while those for Mali, Nigeria and the US up to 11 November. | *Figures are occasionally revised down as suspect or probable cases are found to be unrelated to Ebola. Figures for Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea up to 9 November, while those for Mali, Nigeria and the US up to 11 November. |
Workers on strike | |
Also on Wednesday, hundreds of health workers at an Ebola clinic in Sierra Leone went on strike, saying the government had failed to pay them an agreed weekly $100 (£63) "hazard payment". | |
The money was due to be paid in addition to salaries the staff receive from medical charity MSF, which runs the Ebola clinic. | |
The district medical officer says the staff will be paid on Friday for the first two weeks of November, the BBC's correspondent in Sierra Leone Umaru Fofana reports. | |
However, the backlog of payments is still being worked out, our correspondent adds. | |
On Wednesday afternoon, workers' representative Mohamed Mbawah said they had agreed to send a third of their staff back to the ward to offer minimal assistance "in the interest of the patients who are our people". | |
However, he stressed that the strike was still on, and said if the staff were not paid by Friday, "we still stop working completely". | |
Meanwhile, the US military said that it expected to send a total of 3,000 troops to Liberia to combat the Ebola outbreak. | |
The US had initially authorised up to 4,000 troops for the mission in Liberia. | |
However, Maj Gen Gary Volesky, who is leading the US military mission to fight Ebola in West Africa, told a Pentagon briefing there were a greater-than-expected number of contractors available in Liberia to provide support like construction work. |