New Ebola Cases May Rise to 10,000 a Week by December

U.N. Health Body Aims to Have Majority of Cases Isolated Within Two Months to Reverse Outbreak

The Wall Street Journal

By ANDREW MORSE

Updated Oct. 14, 2014 5:40 p.m. ET

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ZURICH—The Ebola virus is killing 70% of the people who contract the disease, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, and as many as 10,000 new cases a week could be reported by early December.

WHO: Ebola Is Modern Era's Worst Health Emergency

 AP      | By By JIM GOMEZ

Posted: 10/13/2014 7:29 am EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The World Health Organization called the Ebola outbreak "the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times" on Monday but also said that economic disruptions can be curbed if people are adequately informed to prevent irrational moves to dodge infection.