Ebola cases doubling every 3-4 weeks, says UN envoy
First Ebola vaccine trial starts on African soil; Hagel to discuss Ebola with Central and South American leaders; Ebola is biggest challenge since AIDS, U.S. official warns; U.S. House Republicans release $750m in Ebola funds.
Haaretz.com
Oct. 10, 2014
The first Ebola vaccine trial to be tested on African soil began on Friday, as the international efforts to contain the deadly epidemic continued to mount.
The outbreak is the biggest global health challenge since the emergence of AIDS, a top U.S. health official said Thursday during an address at the World Bank.
Over 3,800 people have been killed since the current outbreak began, the vast majority of them in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organization.
In Liberia, the nation worst hit by the virus, lawmakers debated whether to grant the president more power to restrict movement and public gatherings in the fight against Ebola as one parliamentarian warned that the country could turn into a “police state.”
Tensions were high in Spain, as the first person to contract the virus outside of West Africa, a Madrid nurse, lay seriously ill.
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