New Cases of Ebola Discovered in Africa

The Ebola disease has created mass paranoia in Africa. The disease has killed countless Africans and infected a few American doctors, where as some of the Americans were saved by a new treatment. The treatment appears to work but only very small amounts can be produced at a time and they are very difficult to get a hold of. In Freetown, Sierra Lione health teams have gone door to door counting the number of infected cases and so far have recorded 130 confirmed cases. The nation is trying to contain the disease by locking down the sick and keeping the healthy as far away as possible. The outbreak in Africa has overwhelmed the infected nation's health systems. The lack of ambulances doesn't allow the sick to reach treatment centers and the dead infected bodies have begun to accumulate due to lack of burial service. Western countries have promised to send in help to build treatment centers and doctors to assist the diseased. 
"It's important for African governments to innovate and find new ways of getting messages out to the people," said Heymann, professor of infectious diseases at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Allowing for information regarding the disease and how to try and prevent it could be one of the best ways to eliminate this disease's outbreak. Most citizens are not well informed of the disease and this ignorance is causing them to visit the sick and continue to spread Ebola among the cities. It is believed that if the outbreak is not continued the toll could hit 21,000 in the next six weeks or so. "Dr. Peter Horby, of Oxford University who is heading the effort, said he and colleagues will start assessing which clinics in the region might be able to conduct the trials. Horby said they are hoping to enroll 100 to 200 patients once they decide which treatment to test." 

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