WHO estimates 416 aid workers have contracted Ebola, and 233 have died.

The apartment and car of the nurse who contracted Ebola in Texas have been cleaned by the hazardous materials unit of the Dallas Fire Department, as well as the public areas of the apartment complex. CNN News.

Burial customs in parts of the area involve much handling of the corpse, and are a factor in transmission of the disease.

Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Frontiers) says it is completely overwhelmed and is turning patients away. BBC News Africa