From USAToday.com:

DAKAR, Senegal — The rising death toll in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak has sparked fear across the region with at least 80 already having died from the nearly always fatal virus.

“Every day we’re reading about it in the newspaper, hearing about it on the radio, and wondering when it’s going to come here,” said 32-year-old Mossa Bau, who lives in Dakar, Senegal. “Everyone is very scared because, really, it’s a dangerous disease and no one has the means to stop it.”

The World Health Organization says that as many as 125 people across three countries are now believed to have contracted the highly contagious disease. Senegal shut its border with Guinea, where the outbreak is believed to have originated, in the hopes of keeping the disease from spreading its way.

Guinea shares borders, as you can see, with Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Sierra Leone.  These borders should likely be shut, I would suggest.

This is the first time an Ebola outbreak has occurred in West Africa. Countries in central Africa, such as Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the virus is endemic, typically see outbreaks every two to three years.

The WHO needs to ensure that the virus is not transported to another continent.

BZ