WHO: Ebola Death Toll Rises to Almost 4,900

The World Health Organization has said that the number of people with Ebola is set to hit 10,000 in West Africa. The UN's public health body said 9,936 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- the three countries at the epicentre of the world's worst-ever Ebola epidemic -- have contracted the disease. In total, 4,877 people have so far died. With experts warning the rate of infections could reach 10,000 a week by early December, researchers around ...