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THE UPDATE ON EBOLA AND ITS TORMENT IN AFRICA

Ebola crisis: 'Cases growing exponentially' in West Africa, UN warns - as it happened Summary We’re going to wrap our live blog coverage for the day. Here’s a summary of where things stand: The West African countries hit hardest by Ebola warned of “a tragedy unforeseen in modern times” and asked for more help from countries in a position to lend it. Here’s a roundup of which countries have pledged what aid. In the hardest-hit countries – Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea – the mark of Ebola was felt in every corner of daily life, on society, families, the economy and more. This blog includes many first-person testimonials from people whose lives have been touched by Ebola. These include: a medic in Liberia; aid workers in Sierra Leone; a vaccine test subject in the UK; a teen orphaned by Ebola; three Ebola survivors; a Canadian Ebola medic; and a documentary maker in Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization said 3,865 had died and over 7,000 had been infected. The UN has called it “likely the greatest peacetime challenge that the United Nations and its agencies have ever faced.” Video: Ebola: how can we stop it spreading? How you can help Read the previous blog summary.