Time Running Out to Stop Ebola Outbreak, Health Experts Warn
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Credit: James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(NEW YORK) — Leading international health officials warned Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak could become impossible to stop without immediate specialized aid from wealthy nations.
Just back from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, Dr. Tom Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters that the deadly virus is spreading faster than anyone anticipated and said “the window is closing” if anything is to be done to contain the disease.
Meanwhile, Doctors Without Borders gave a grim assessment of the situation in West Africa where the latest outbreak was first diagnosed last April.
DWB President Joanne Liu admitted that her organization is completely overwhelmed by the numbers of people sickened and dying from Ebola.
Pointing to a growing number of infectious bodies left to rot in streets, Liu said that specialized biological disaster response teams are needed to help stop Ebola from spreading from the five countries where cases have turned up.
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