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Africa, Asia vulnerable to spread of Zika virus: WHO

A health worker carries out fumigation as part of preventive measures against the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases at the cemetery of Carabayllo on the outskirts of Lima, Peru February 1, 2016. Reuters/Mariana Bazo

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WHO warned Ebola cases could rise to 20,000 by November

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Health workers in protective gear leave after carrying the body of a woman that they suspect died from the Ebola virus, in an area known as Clara Town in Monrovia, Liberia, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Abbas Dulleh/AP

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WHO: Ebola outbreak is a public health emergency

Margaret Chan, Keiji Fukuda

Director General of the World Health Organization, WHO, China’s Margaret Chan and Assistant Director General for Health Security Keiji Fukuda of the US, right, share a word during a press conference after an emergency meeting at the headquarters of the WHO in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)

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Ebola crisis: Virus spreading too fast, says WHO

Medical workers speak to families about how they can best protect themselves from the Ebola virus disease in Conakry, March 31

Medical workers speak to families about how they can best protect themselves from the Ebola virus disease in Conakry, March 31

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is spreading faster than efforts to control it, World Health Organization (WHO) head Margaret Chan has said

(SOURCE)  She told a summit of regional leaders that failure to contain Ebola could be “catastrophic” in terms of lives lost.

But she said the virus, which has claimed 728 lives in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since February, could be stopped if well managed.

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Ebola center in Sierra Leona under guard after protest march

Health workers take blood samples for Ebola virus testing at a screening tent in the local government hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone, June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tommy Trenchard

Health workers take blood samples for Ebola virus testing at a screening tent in the local government hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone, June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tommy Trenchard

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