World Health Organization figures show that a surge in new cases in Liberia has driven up the number of people believed to be infected with Ebola to more than 4,200.
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That new toll includes more than 500 news cases in Liberia in just a week. The U.N. health agency has said that it expects thousands of new infections in Liberia, the hardest hit country in the current outbreak, in the coming weeks.
An Ebola epidemic in West Africa is spiraling out of control and moving faster than efforts to contain it.
New figures published by WHO on Tuesday attribute more than 2,200 deaths to Ebola.
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