Ebola kills Sierra Leone doctor, UN doubles staff
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By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A doctor in Sierra Leone has died of Ebola, the fifth local doctor to die of the disease there, authorities said Monday, as UNICEF announced it was doubling its staff in the three West African nations hard hit by the deadly virus.
The death of Dr. Godfrey George, medical superintendent of Kambia Government Hospital in northern Sierra Leone, was a blow to efforts to keep desperately needed health workers safe in a country ravaged by the world's worst Ebola outbreak.
At the United Nations in New York, Ebola coordinator Dr. Peter Salama of UNICEF said the U.N. children's agency would double its staff from 300 to 600 in Guinea, Liberia and in Sierra Leone, where children make up 20 percent of all Ebola cases. About 4,000 children have been orphaned by Ebola, he said.
"Schools are closed, children are confined to their homes and discouraged to play with other children," he said.
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FILE-In this file photo taken on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, Healthcare workers load a man, center, onto a ambulance as he is suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus in Kenema, Sierra Leone. A doctor in Sierra Leone has died of Ebola {2014} the fifth local doctor in the West African nation to die of the disease, authorities said Monday, Nov. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Tanya Bindra, File)
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