Dozens of new Ebola cases reported in West Africa

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN

Updated 2346 GMT (0746 HKT) June 11, 2015

An Ebola survivor participates in a study in Monrovia, Liberia, on June 17, 2015. The country launched a five-year study to unravel the mystery of the long-term health effects that plague survivors of the viral disease. Since the epidemic started more than a year ago in a remote village in Guinea, more than 11,000 people have died, the vast majority in three West African nations, <a href="http://apps.who.int/ebola/ebola-situation-reports" target="_blank">according to the latest numbers from the World Health Organization</a>. And that number is believed to be low, since there was widespread under-reporting of cases, according to WHO.
Photos: The Ebola epidemic
An Ebola survivor participates in a study in Monrovia, Liberia, on June 17, 2015. The country launched a five-year study to unravel the mystery of the long-term health effects that plague survivors of the viral disease. Since the epidemic started more than a year ago in a remote village in Guinea, more than 11,000 people have died, the vast majority in three West African nations, according to the latest numbers from the World Health Organization. And that number is believed to be low, since there was widespread under-reporting of cases, according to WHO.
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