Ebola’s cost could hit $32b, no fix until ‘second half of 2015’

Published November 19, 2014 5:51pm ET



The deadly and economically crushing Ebola epidemic in west Africa won’t be brought under control until July at the earliest, and the worldwide financial hit could reach $32 billion, two world aid groups warned on Wednesday.

A top International Monetary Fund official said that the crisis shows no sign of ending and will continue to crush not just Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, but countries and industries that do business with those three nations.

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