Ebola West Africa: Deathtoll soars above 1,200

The Ebola virus killed 84 people in just three days last week, bringing the global death toll to 1,229, the World Health Organisation revealed today. It comes as 17 patients suspected of having Ebola who disappeared after a health centre in Liberia was attacked by a mob have been traced. But local clinics are refusing help to those who have been found, including a 10-year-old boy, for fear they will be infected with the deadly virus.