Latest reports inform that no fewer than 1,900 people have now died from the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in West Africa.

According to a statement released on Wednesday, 3 September, 2014, by the World Health Organisation, WHO, apart from the 1,900 casualties, there have been 3,500 confirmed or probable cases in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Dr. Kent Brantly, who contracted the deadly Ebola virus, stands with wife Amber during a press conference at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Aug. 21, 2014

“The outbreaks are racing ahead of the control efforts in these countries,” WHO chief Margaret Chan said.

It was gathered that the WHO is meeting on Thursday (today) to examine the most promising treatments and to discuss how to fast-track testing and production.

BBC reports that disease control experts, medical researchers, officials from affected countries, and specialists in medical ethics will all be represented at the meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.