Five Sierra Leoneans infected with Ebola every hour

New reports from Save the Children, a leading charity in Sierra Leon revealed that at least five Sierra Leoneans are infected with Ebola every hour.

The report reveals that there were 765 new cases of Ebola reported in the West African state last week, while there are only 327 beds in the country. Save the Children says Ebola is spreading across Sierra Leone at a “terrifying rate”, with the number of new cases being recorded doubling every few weeks. It said that even as health authorities got on top of the outbreak in one area, it spread to another. The scale of the disease is also “massively unreported” according to the charity, because “untold numbers of children are dying anonymously at home or in the streets”. “We’re in a race against time,” said Justin Forsyth, the organisation’s chief executive. Speaking on the BBC’s Today programme he said that the figure for Sierra Leone could rise to 10 people every hour before the end of the month if urgent action was not taken. - See more at: http://www.whonaija.com/2014/10/report-five-sierra-leoneans-infected.html#sthash.brfXAblD.dpuf