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WHO: Ebola death toll above 4,000

WATCH: More than 4,000 people have now died from Ebola in West Africa. Mike Armstrong speaks with a Canadian doctor who has just returned from the frontlines. He says the outbreak can be stopped if the rest of the world re-doubles its efforts.

GENEVA – The World Health Organization says the number of deaths recorded in the Ebola outbreak has risen above 4,000.

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The Geneva-based U.N. agency said in an update Friday that 4,033 people have died in the outbreak – all but nine of them in the three worst-affected countries, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

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It says that, as of the end of Wednesday, a total of 8,399 confirmed, probable and suspected cases of Ebola had been reported from seven countries.

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