Sierra Leone is one of the
countries battling the
outbreak



Liberia has suspended all
football activities in an
effort to control the
spread of the deadly
Ebola virus.

There was a risk of infection
because football is a contact
sport, the football
association said. The number of people killed
by the virus in West Africa
has now reached 672, the
WHO says. Ebola kills up to 90% of those
infected, but patients have a
better chance of survival if
they receive early
treatment. It spreads through contact
with an infected person's
bodily fluids. This is the deadliest outbreak
ever, with the first case
reported in Guinea in
February. It then spread to
Liberia and Sierra Leone. Lift restrictions Last week, Nigeria, Africa's
most populous country,
reported its first case - that
of Liberian government
employee Patrick Sawyer
who was visiting the main city, Lagos.

Liberia tied Independence
Day celebrations on 26 July
to efforts to create more
awareness around Ebola Greater emphasis is being
placed on hygiene in an
effort to contain the virus All officials who had direct
or indirect contact with Mr
Sawyer, 40, had been placed
under "observatory
surveillance" by health
authorities, Liberia's finance ministry said. It had also limited to four
the number of people who
can be in a lift at the same
time, the ministry added. Mr Sawyer was a senior
official in the ministry, and
died in Lagos five days after
arriving in the city. Nigerian authorities have so
far identified 59 people who
came into contact with Mr
Sawyer and have tested 20,
Lagos State Health
Commissioner Jide Idris is quoted by the Associated
Press (AP) news agency as
saying.

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