337 people have died from the outbreak of the Ebola virus in three West African countries since February, said the UN World Heath Organization on Wednesday. In the three countries—Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone—47 new cases and 14 deaths were reported in the last week.
WHO’s spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told Reuters the disease’s multiple locations, and regular cross-border movement by the region’s residents, make the current situation “one of the most challenging Ebola outbreaks ever.” Per the BBC, this is the first time ever that the disease has struck multiple locations in three countries.
Earlier this year, a study in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the outbreak is being caused by a new strain of the disease. Ebola has no vaccine or cure.
