WASHINGTON D.C.: The World Bank trimmed its estimates of the economic damage of the Ebola epidemic on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), but warned that the three main affected countries would still bear a heavy cost.

After warning last October that the outbreak, which has killed more than 8,600, could wreak $25 billion in economic losses across all of West Africa, the bank said that with Ebola now broadly contained, the toll could run to $6.2 billion.

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