Ebola virus: Pandemic should be treated ‘the same way’ as threat posed by nuclear weapons, security officials say
Special report: The Government has admitted that the virus spreading across Africa will ‘get worse’
Chris Green Charlie Cooper
IndependentUK
Thursday 02 October 2014
The Ebola virus spreading exponentially across Africa and killing thousands of people “will get worse”, the Government has admitted, amid calls for the full involvement of the international military to contain the disease.
Justine Greening, the International Development Secretary, said that ministers had been shocked by a prediction from the US public health institute that 1.4 million people may be infected by the virus by January if it continues unchecked.
As ministers, diplomats and humanitarian organisations from 20 different countries pledged a further £79 million to control the outbreak, which has already killed more than 3,000 people, a group of 35 European security officials issued a joint declaration suggesting that Ebola should be treated in the same way as the threat posed by nuclear weapons.
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