Global response to EVD has failed – UN The United Nations Security Council said the international community’s response to adequately address the magnitude and effects of Ebola outbreak had failed, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The 15-member council on Thursday in New York challenged the UN member states to accelerate and dramatically expand the provision of resources, financial and material assistance to the affected areas. The council expressed concerns about trade and travel restrictions by some countries to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. It also condemned the acts of discrimination against the citizens of the affected countries and urged all member states, airlines and shipping companies to maintain trade links with the most affected countries in order to avoid a detrimental effect of the isolation. Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama warned on Thursday in Washington that the Ebola outbreak could spread globally if it was not contained in West Africa. He said after a meeting with his top health advisors at the White House that there was every assurance that America could control the outbreak, but that taming the epidemic in West Africa could be the major problem. “I am absolutely confident that we can prevent a serious outbreak of the disease in the United States, but it becomes more difficult to do so if this epidemic rages out of control in West Africa. If it does it will spread globally,” he said. Obama vowed to strengthen efforts to halt the spread of the disease in the US with tougher measures at hospitals after a second nurse contracted the virus from a patient at a Dallas hospital. ift.tt/1rCS5CL ift.tt/1ls1hrf [[Boost your social presence with NAIRALIKES nairalikes ]] #nigeria x #nairalikes #vanguardng
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