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| 'Ebola winning the race,' says UN official Anthony Banbury | 'Ebola winning the race,' says UN official Anthony Banbury |
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| The UN's Ebola mission chief says the world is falling behind in the race to contain the virus, with thousands of new cases predicted by December. | The UN's Ebola mission chief says the world is falling behind in the race to contain the virus, with thousands of new cases predicted by December. |
| "It is running faster than us, and it is winning the race," Anthony Banbury told the UN Security Council. | "It is running faster than us, and it is winning the race," Anthony Banbury told the UN Security Council. |
| Meanwhile, more questions are being asked in the US about how a nurse in Texas became infected with the virus. | Meanwhile, more questions are being asked in the US about how a nurse in Texas became infected with the virus. |
| The World Health Organization (WHO) says 4,447 people have died from the outbreak, mainly in West Africa. | The World Health Organization (WHO) says 4,447 people have died from the outbreak, mainly in West Africa. |
| Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea have been hardest hit by the outbreak, which began in December 2013 but was confirmed in March. | Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea have been hardest hit by the outbreak, which began in December 2013 but was confirmed in March. |
| 'Unprecedented situation' | 'Unprecedented situation' |
| US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that "the world as a whole is not doing enough" to contain the Ebola threat. | US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that "the world as a whole is not doing enough" to contain the Ebola threat. |
| He will discuss the Ebola crisis in a video conference on Wednesday with British, French, German and Italian leaders, the White House says. | He will discuss the Ebola crisis in a video conference on Wednesday with British, French, German and Italian leaders, the White House says. |
| Mr Banbury issued a stern warning on Tuesday - telling the UN Security Council by video-link from West Africa that if Ebola was not stopped now, the world would "face an entirely unprecedented situation for which we do not have a plan". | Mr Banbury issued a stern warning on Tuesday - telling the UN Security Council by video-link from West Africa that if Ebola was not stopped now, the world would "face an entirely unprecedented situation for which we do not have a plan". |
| "If we do not get ahead of the crisis, if we do not reach our targets and the number of people with Ebola rises dramatically as some have predicted, the plan we have is not scalable to the size of such a new crisis," he said. | "If we do not get ahead of the crisis, if we do not reach our targets and the number of people with Ebola rises dramatically as some have predicted, the plan we have is not scalable to the size of such a new crisis," he said. |
| He called for more money to build treatment centres and more medical personnel to staff them. | He called for more money to build treatment centres and more medical personnel to staff them. |
| It follows the WHO's latest projections suggesting the infection rate could reach 5,000 to 10,000 new cases a week within two months if global efforts to combat the spread of infection were not stepped up. | It follows the WHO's latest projections suggesting the infection rate could reach 5,000 to 10,000 new cases a week within two months if global efforts to combat the spread of infection were not stepped up. |
| There have been 8,914 cases overall, including the fatal cases, and the WHO says it expects this number to top 9,000 by the end of the week. | There have been 8,914 cases overall, including the fatal cases, and the WHO says it expects this number to top 9,000 by the end of the week. |
| The WHO estimates its figures by taking the numbers of confirmed cases and multiplying them - from Guinea by 1.5, from Sierra Leone by 2 and from Liberia by 2.5 - to account for under-reporting. | The WHO estimates its figures by taking the numbers of confirmed cases and multiplying them - from Guinea by 1.5, from Sierra Leone by 2 and from Liberia by 2.5 - to account for under-reporting. |
| WHO assistant director-general Bruce Aylward said on Tuesday that the rate of infections appeared to be slowing in the "historic epicentre" of the outbreak, but warned that it was too early to read this as success. | WHO assistant director-general Bruce Aylward said on Tuesday that the rate of infections appeared to be slowing in the "historic epicentre" of the outbreak, but warned that it was too early to read this as success. |
| 'No protocols' | 'No protocols' |
| Separately, nurses at a hospital in Texas where a colleague contracted the virus from a Liberian patient who died of Ebola say they worked for days without adequate protective clothing and received little guidance on how to prevent the spread of the virus. | |
| It comes after the head of the US Centers for Disease Control, Thomas Frieden, said there had been a breach of protocol by health workers that led to the nurse becoming infected. | It comes after the head of the US Centers for Disease Control, Thomas Frieden, said there had been a breach of protocol by health workers that led to the nurse becoming infected. |
| "The CDC is saying that protocols were breached, but the nurses are saying there were no protocols," the head of the national nurses union, Roseann DeMoro, told reporters. | "The CDC is saying that protocols were breached, but the nurses are saying there were no protocols," the head of the national nurses union, Roseann DeMoro, told reporters. |
| Ebola patients treated outside West Africa* | Ebola patients treated outside West Africa* |
| *In all cases but two, first in Madrid and later in Dallas, the patient was infected with Ebola while in West Africa. | *In all cases but two, first in Madrid and later in Dallas, the patient was infected with Ebola while in West Africa. |
| How not to catch Ebola: | How not to catch Ebola: |
| Ebola basics: What you need to know | Ebola basics: What you need to know |
| How Ebola attacks | How Ebola attacks |
| Ebola: Mapping the outbreak | Ebola: Mapping the outbreak |
| Mr Frieden later said he regretted not sending a larger team of experts to Texas when the first case of Ebola was diagnosed. | Mr Frieden later said he regretted not sending a larger team of experts to Texas when the first case of Ebola was diagnosed. |
| "We could've sent a more robust hospital infection control team and been more hands-on with the hospital from day one about exactly how this should be managed," he said on Tuesday. | "We could've sent a more robust hospital infection control team and been more hands-on with the hospital from day one about exactly how this should be managed," he said on Tuesday. |
| Nina Pham, 26, was exposed to Ebola when she treated Liberian Thomas Duncan - the first person diagnosed with the virus on US soil - at a Dallas hospital. | Nina Pham, 26, was exposed to Ebola when she treated Liberian Thomas Duncan - the first person diagnosed with the virus on US soil - at a Dallas hospital. |
| Doctors at the Health Presbyterian hospital said she was in good condition on Tuesday. | |
| Ebola deaths: Confirmed, probable and suspected | Ebola deaths: Confirmed, probable and suspected |
| Source: WHO | Source: WHO |
| Note: figures have occasionally been revised down as suspected or probable cases are found to be unrelated to Ebola. They do not include one death in the US recorded on 8 October. | Note: figures have occasionally been revised down as suspected or probable cases are found to be unrelated to Ebola. They do not include one death in the US recorded on 8 October. |
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