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Tuesday 14 October 2014

EbolaHeartbreaking Photos Of Killer Virus As Death Toll Rises To 4,033 Here are some photos gathered by brave journalist who went tot he frontline and got photos of the victims and their loved ones mourning.

Woman crawls toward the body of her sister as an Ebola burial team takes it away for cremation expdonaloaded.blogspot.com Woman crawls toward the body of her sister as an Ebola burial team takes it away for cremation




Pictures, taken by photographers John Moore and Mohammed Elshamy, who spent weeks working on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in a bid to document the gut-wrenching effects of the virus in Liberia.
  1. One features a woman crawling desperately toward the body of her sister as burial team removes it for cremation
  2. Others show locals weeping as they come to terms with loved ones' deaths and crews removing children's bodies
  3. On Friday, WHO said Ebola death toll is 4,033, bringing total number of confirmed and suspected cases to 8,399. Most cases were recorded in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
  4. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that people exposed to the virus develop symptoms - including a high fever, vomiting, a headache, joint and muscle aches, a sore throat and general weakness - two to 21 days after their exposure.
  5. The U.N. special envoy for Ebola, David Nabarro, explained the number of cases is probably doubling every three-to-four weeks and warned that it will be impossible to quickly combat the disease without mass mobilization of international support.



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