DAKAR (Senegal): The Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 1,000 people in West Africa could last another six months, Doctors Without Borders said on Friday, and a medical worker acknowledged that the true death toll is unknown.
Tarnue Karbbar, who works for the aid group Plan International in northern Liberia, said response teams simply aren't able to document all the cases erupting. Many of the sick are still being hidden at home by their relatives, too fearful of going to an Ebola treatment center.
Others are buried before the teams can get to the area, he said. In the last several days, some 75 cases have emerged in a single district.
"Our challenge now is to quarantine the area to successfully break the transmission," he said, referring to the Voinjama area.
Many people may be hiding, but many are also finally beginning to seek treatment, as more centers open up.
Tarnue Karbbar, who works for the aid group Plan International in northern Liberia, said response teams simply aren't able to document all the cases erupting. Many of the sick are still being hidden at home by their relatives, too fearful of going to an Ebola treatment center.
Others are buried before the teams can get to the area, he said. In the last several days, some 75 cases have emerged in a single district.
"Our challenge now is to quarantine the area to successfully break the transmission," he said, referring to the Voinjama area.
Many people may be hiding, but many are also finally beginning to seek treatment, as more centers open up.
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