Cases in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak this year have risen to 2,240,
including 1,229 deaths, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on
Tuesday, reporting the toll in four countries including Nigeria.
The WHO said it was working with the United Nations World Food
Programme (WFP) to ensure food delivery to one million people living in
Ebola quarantine zones in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
“Food has been delivered to hospitalised patients and people under
quarantine who are not able to leave their homes to purchase food.
Providing regular food supplies is a potent means of limiting
unnecessary movement,” the WHO said in a statement.
The WFP is stepping up emergency food deliveries to the quarantined
areas, which include severely-affected cities such as Gueckedou in
Guinea, Kenema and Kailahun in Sierra Leone and Foya in Liberia.
While Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and No. 1 oil producer,
appears to be containing its smaller outbreak, Liberia and Sierra Leone
are struggling to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus among their
populations, Reuters says.
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