Ebola continues to rage in Sierra Leone

The number of Ebola deaths in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone stands at 6,331, with more than 17,800 confirmed, probable and suspected cases. Sierra Leone has become the new epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, with the WHO reporting 6,317 confirmed cases in Sierra Leone, compared to 2,830 in Liberia and 2,035 in Guinea. On Wednesday, Chan gave an update in an interview with the BBC. “It is not as bad as it was in September,” Chan said. “But going forward, we are now hunting the virus, chasing after the virus. Hopefully we can bring [the number of cases] down to zero.” In August, the WHO had announced the numbers infected with Ebola in West Africa were vastly underestimated, due to people not...