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| Ebola outbreak: UN calls for $1bn to fight virus | |
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| More than $1bn (£618m) is needed to fight the West Africa Ebola outbreak - a tenfold increase in the past month, the UN's Ebola co-ordinator has said. | |
| David Nabarro made the announcement as the World Health Organization (WHO) described the health crisis as "unparalleled in modern times". | |
| It has killed 2,461 people this year, half of the 4,985 infected by the virus, the global health body said. | |
| There has been criticism of the slow international response to the epidemic. | |
| Later, the US president is to announce plans to send 3,000 troops to Liberia, one of countries worst-affected by the outbreak, to help fight the virus. | |
| It is understood the US military will oversee building new treatment centres and help train medical staff. | |
| The outbreak began in Guinea before spreading to its neighbours Sierra Leone and Liberia. | |
| Nigeria and Senegal have reported some cases, but seem to have contained the transmission of the virus. | |
| "We requested about $100m a month ago and now it is $1bn, so our ask has gone up 10 times in a month," Mr Nabarro told a briefing in Geneva. | |
| "Because of the way the outbreak is advancing, the level of surge we need to do is unprecedented, it is massive." | |
| Ebola virus disease (EVD) |