MONROVIA: US President Barack Obama and the Red Cross have offered hope that the battle against the deadly West African Ebola outbreak is being won, amid a dramatic drop in bodies collected in Liberia’s capital.

Obama on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) hailed progress in the fight against the disease, which has already killed almost 5,000 people, but said Washington would remain “vigilant,” and stressed that science, not fear, should guide the response to the virus.

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