Ebola cases now top 16,000 worldwide, nearly 7,000 dead: WHO

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DAKAR, Senegal — Sierra Leone will soon see a dramatic increase in desperately needed Ebola treatment beds, but it's still not clear who will staff them, according to the top United Nations official in the fight against the disease.

Ebola has sickened more than 16,000 people of whom nearly 7,000 have died, according to figures released by the World Health Organization Friday.

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Sierra Leone is now bearing the brunt of the eight-month-old outbreak. In the other hard-hit countries, Liberia and Guinea, WHO says infection rates are stabilizing or declining; but in Sierra Leone, they're soaring. The country has been reporting around 400 to 500 new cases each week for several weeks. Read more...

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