Baku-APA. Liberia may be witnessing a decline in the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, despite the fact that the fight against the disease is far from over, the World Health Organization (WHO) says, APA reports quoting Press TV.
Fresh data have confirmed that there have been no new cases of Ebola in Liberia recently, with death cases falling, said Bruce Aylward, the WHO assistant director general, in the capital, Monrovia, on Wednesday.
Hospital beds have also become available in Monrovia and Lofa County, he added.
The WHO official also stated that figures show that “there are less of Ebola dead burials right now.”
Aylward said the Ebola Treatment Center Units, also known as ETCs, new admissions and bed occupancy rates are “seeing a downward trend.”
He warned that the sudden positive trend would still have to be confirmed since Liberia remains the worst-hit by the pandemic disease.
The UN health agency said on October 25 that the number of confirmed, probable, and suspected cases has risen to 10,141. The disease has already claimed 4,922 lives.
Ebola is a form of hemorrhagic fever whose symptoms are diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding.
The virus spreads through direct contact with infected blood, feces or sweat. It can be also spread through sexual contact or the unprotected handling of contaminated corpses.
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