The death toll from the Ebola epidemic has climbed above 2,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, as it voiced hopes a vaccine could be available in November. Since December, the deadly virus has claimed 2,097 lives out of 3,944 people infected in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone ordered it citizens to stay in their homes in a nationwide 3-day shutdown starting September 19. The WHO said results from safety trials for two prototype vaccines should be known in November.
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