MONROVIA (Reuters) - (This version of the October 29 story corrects paragraph 7 to make clear that Senegal, not Sierra Leone, was declared Ebola free) Liberians began three days of fasting and prayers on Wednesday to seek salvation from the "curse" of the Ebola epidemic, which has killed 2,705 people and infected 4,665 more in the West African country. The National Christian Ebola Task Force, an organisation formed in September by different Christian denominations, urged Liberians to fast from dawn-to-dusk over the next three days. It's killing us because we have turned our back to God," Reverend David G. Benitoe, a representative of the task force, told a news conference. Liberia is the country hardest-hit by the worst outbreak on record of the viral haemorrhagic fever, which is transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluids of those infected. Read More https://uk.news.yahoo.com/liberians-fast-pray-three-days-break-ebola-curse-150454016.html
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