Ebola outbreak 'not global emergency yet'

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But Prof Robert Steffen, chairman of the WHO's emergency committee on Ebola, said declaring an emergency would not change anything on the ground."Funds are now needed to avoid a public health emergency of international concern." However, the WHO has warned a"rising number of security incidents" has been making it hard to monitor the spread of the virus, vaccinate people and contact anyone who has been in contact with an Ebola patient.

"This epidemic is at a very dangerous phase in an incredibly difficult environment, and we urgently need the response to evolve to help stop Ebola spreading and save lives."

Lets hope the WHO react much quicker this time

Can we sort Brexit out first ?

You going to report on the thousands of bikers in London?

How can this not be a global emergency? Can you imagine if over 700 people English people died in a disease outbreak.. would that not be a global emergency?

Dangerous Ebola

If realDonaldTrump has to classify it, it never would be! This, Donald, is what a real emergency/disaster/catastrophe looks like!

Yeh it’s not like it’s something serious like measles 😂

Here we go again. Time to wheel out the Ebola threat again .

Ebola can't go 'global'. It kills to quickly to spread outside it's local area. Of course you could 'weaponize' a few people but it would be detected while they were on route so doomed to fail.

Yet

Anything to stop hearing about Brexit

Planted by DeepState. Ebola is a manufactured virus.

Frightening stuff.

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