Ebola Death Toll Hits 337 in West Africa

The three-nation Ebola outbreak in West Africa has seen a death toll of 337, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, making it the deadliest ever outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever. Fresh data from the UN health agency showed that the number of deaths in Guinea, the hardest-hit country, has reached 264, while 49 had died in Sierra Leone and 24 in Liberia. The new toll marks a more than 60-percent hike since the WHO's last figure on June 4, when ...