According to a worst-case scenario estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Tuesday, the virus could infect more than a million people if not brought under control. The World Health Organization estimated that more than 20,000 people could be infected by early November.
The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention released a worst-case scenario estimate on Tuesday that as many as 1.4 million could be infected with the Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone by January 2015.
Health workers remove the body of a man whom local residents said died of Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia, in September.
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The report is based on epidemiological projections and includes best- and worst-case scenarios based on whether the disease keeps spreading in West Africa.
A volunteer health worker practises using personal protective equipment in Monrovia, Liberia.
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The CDC predictions are based on the assumption that the number of Ebola cases has been underreported, and that up to 20,000 people may ave been infected with the virus already. The World Health Organization reported Monday that 5,864 people are infected.
Riot policemen detain a man after residents set up a roadblock demanding the removal of a dead body infected with the Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia.
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The CDC report does not take into consideration the U.S. government's recent push for aid. The agency issued a statement saying that such actions could "bring the epidemic to a tipping point to start a rapid decline in cases."
Supplies, including 100 tons of emergency medical aid, are seen before being loaded at New York's JFK Airport on September 20, 2014.
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