Huge Risk of Ebola Spreading Globally After Treatment Target Deadline Missed

Experts have warned that there is still a huge risk of Ebola spreading globally after treatment and burial targets were missed. Tony Banbury, head of the United Nations Ebola response mission, set targets of 70% of Ebola patients being in treatment and 70% of bodies promptly buried by December 1st.

Speaking in Freetown, Sierra Leone, he said:

“There is a huge risk to the world that Ebola will spread. It may spread around this sub-region, or someone could get on a plane to Asia, Latin America, North America or Europe… that is why it is so important to get down to zero cases as quickly as possible”. (source)

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