UN seeks to temper Ebola scare

The highly-contagious tropical bug can be stopped. The United Nations (UN) reassured west Africa on July 2 that the world’s deadliest-ever Ebola epidemic could be stopped in its tracks, telling the region’s health ministers: “We can handle this.” The bug has infected hundreds of people in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, with the latest World Health Organization (WHO) figures showing confirmed or suspected cases had left 467 people dead. Medical charity Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, said that the spread of the virus, which has had a mortality rate of up to 90% in previous outbreaks, was “out of control,” with more than 60 outbreak hotspots. WHO has warned that Ebola could spread to other countries, warning those hardest hit could struggle to contain the disease.

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