The death toll of the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa has reached 2,097 out of 3,944 known cases, the World Health Organization announced Friday.
Over 95% of the deaths were recorded in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
The epidemic has spread to Nigeria with seven death, while Senegal recently reported its first Ebola patient.
Also, doctors in Israel say they are testing a Nigerian visitor for possible Ebola infection after she was admitted to a hospital with a fever.
“She is in isolation until health workers can determine if it is the virus,” a spokeswoman for the hospital said.
Health officials in the U.S., Spain, Thailand and Britain have also been following potential cases.
Tom Frieden, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this week raised alarm of the outbreak “spiralling out of control.”
Report says the epidemic is the deadliest and most widespread in Ebola’s known history.
Many countries of the world are on high alert, screening air passengers and tightening border checks as part of precautionary measures.
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