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Ebola is spreading up to nine times faster in parts of Sierra Leone than two months ago, a report by the Africa Governance Initiative (AGI) has said.
"Whilst new cases appear to have slowed in Liberia, Ebola is continuing to spread frighteningly quickly in parts of Sierra Leone," said the report.
On average, 12 new cases a day were seen in the rural areas surrounding Freetown in late October, compared with 1.3 cases in early September, the report said, a ninefold increase.
Transmission was also increasing rapidly in the capital Freetown, with the average number of daily cases six times higher than two months ago.
The analysis was based on three-day averages of new cases recorded by Sierra Leone's health ministry.
It emerged after the United States envoy to the UN welcomed slowing infection rates in some areas, and improved burial practices.
AGI said that the picture was changing, but the situation was still "a full-blown crisis".
"We can't rest until Ebola has nowhere to hide," AGI chief executive Nick Thompson said. "And we can see from growth in new cases in some rural parts of Sierra Leone that we still have no time to lose if we're going to get on top of this."


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Ebola is spreading up to nine times faster in parts of Sierra Leone than two months ago, a report by the Africa Governance Initiative (AGI) has said.


Ebola spreading nine times faster in Sierra Leone than two months ago

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Ebola is spreading up to nine times faster in parts of Sierra Leone than two months ago, a report by the Africa Governance Initiative (AGI) has said.

Ebola is spreading up to nine times faster in parts of Sierra Leone than two months ago, a report by the Africa Governance Initiative (AGI) has said.