EBOLA : ZMapp fails to safe Liberian Doctor as he A Liberian doctor has died despite taking experimental anti - Ebola drug ZMapp, a minister has said . ZMapp has been credited with helping several patients recover , including two US doctors discharged last week. Abraham Borbor was one of three doctors in Liberia who had been given the drug and were showing signs of recovery . More than 1 ,400 people have died from Ebola this year in four West African countries – Guinea , Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone . Ebola is spread between humans through direct contact with infected body fluids and several doctors and health workers have died. It is one of the world ’s deadliest diseases , with up to 90 % of cases resulting in death , although in the current outbreak the rate is about 55 % . The speed and extent of the outbreak was “unprecedented ” , the World Health Organization ( WHO) said last week. An estimated 2 , 615 people in West Africa have been infected with Ebola since March . On Saturday , Sierra Leone ’s parliament passed a new law making it a criminal offence to hide Ebola patients . If approved by the president , those caught face up to two years in prison.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:52:55 +0000
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