- published: 02 Oct 2014
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Ebola outbreak 'Five infected every hour' in Sierra Leone A leading charity has warned that a rate of five new Ebola cases an hour in Sierra Leone means healthcare demands are far outstripping supply. Save the Children said there were 765 new cases of Ebola reported in the West African state last week, while there are only 327 beds in the country. Earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) said two experimental vaccines were being fast tracked for use. It is the world's worst outbreak of the virus, killing 3,338 people so far. There have been 7,178 confirmed cases, with Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea suffering the most. 'Massively unreported' Save the Children says Ebola is spreading across Sierra Leone at a "terrifying rate", with the number of new cases being recorded doubling every few weeks. It said that even as health authorities got on top of the outbreak in one area, it spread to another. The scale of the disease is also "massively unreported" according to the charity, because "untold numbers of children are dying anonymously at home or in the streets". Earlier this month, Britain said it would build facilities for 700 new beds in Sierra Leone but the first of these will not be ready for weeks, and the rest may take months. But Save the Children said that unless the international community radically stepped up its response, people would continue to die at home and risk infecting their family and the local community. "We are facing the frightening prospect of an epidemic which is spreading like wildfire across Sierra Leone, with the number of new cases doubling every three weeks," said Rob MacGillivray, the charity's country director in Sierra Leone. The worst Ebola outbreak on record CHRONOLOGY-Worst Ebola outbreak on record tests global ... Ebola in the United States Are we heading for Ebola outbreak in the US? Timeline of world's worst Ebola outbreak TAGS Fox news, abc news, news24, cnn news, nbc news, breaking news, daily news, latest news, bbcnews, new, world news, egypt, news 24, israel news, local news, news today, channel 7 news, current events, india news, cnn live, news headlines, newspaper, business news, live news, sports news, reuters news, the news, today news, egypt news, sport news, uk news, headline news, news paper, star news, todays news, cnn breaking news, cnn international, cnnnews, japan news, fox news live, international news, libya news, top news, cnn news live, news live, world news today, yeshiva world news, cnn headline news, japan today, latest news india, world news now, yeshiva world news, cnn headline news, japan today, latest news india, world news now, canada news, news update, online news, abc world news, breaking news english, financial news, it news, nation news, news articles, news online, recent news, reddit world news, india news today, latest world news, canadian news, dutch news, political news, education news, interesting news, latest news headlines, news headlines today, world news headlines, worldnews, bahrain news, live news stream, market news, news of the day, news world, top news today, cnn latest news, italian news, latest breaking news, latest news in india, news for today, news websites, todays news headlines, british news, government news, japanese news, new news, news international, news updates, world football news, world news daily, world news tonight, world newspapers, zambia news, budget news, caribbean news, cnn news today, current events in the world, england news, europe news, latest news in kenya, live news online, news around the world, news week, short news, streaming news, weekly world news, world boxing news, breaking world news, european news, internet news, libia news, news japan, news latest, nhk world news, sweden news, the latest news, world breaking news