Saturday 22 November 2014

International Ebola fight helping but more work needed -U.N. chief

United Nations Secretary-General Ban walks after speaking to the media after the UN Chief Executive Board's private session on the Ebola response in Washington WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International efforts to fight Ebola are helping to slow the rate of new infections in some areas but increased infections in others and fears of further contagion in Mali indicate much work is still to be done, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday. Ban said more trained medical teams are needed, especially in remote districts of countries in West Africa where more than 5,400 people have been killed by the virus. Ban said the coordinated efforts of country leaders and safer burial practices, combined with international support, are helping. ...




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