#News: Death Toll From Ebola Outbreak Rises To 729: WHO

Started by HuffingtonPost, Jul 31, 2014, 05:31 PM

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DAKAR, July 31 (Reuters) - The death toll from an outbreak  of Ebola in West Africa has risen to 729, the World Health  Organization said on Thursday, after 57 deaths were reported  between July 24 and 27 in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra  Leone.                

The WHO also said Nigerian authorities had so far identified  59 people who had come into contact with a U.S. citizen who died  in Lagos last week after traveling from Liberia, via Togo and  Ghana.     (Reporting by Daniel Flynn; Editing by Bate Felix)
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