Ebola kills 200 people each day –UN The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has said the Ebola Virus Disease kills more than 200 people every day. Ki-moon made the statement on Thursday at a high-level meeting on Ebola in US. Present at the meeting were President of the Republic of Guinea, Alpha Conde, President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Koroma and the Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. The UN secretary-general called the world’s attention to the ravaging impact of the Ebola outbreak, saying that despite the “valiant efforts of local communities, health systems are buckling under the strain.” “We come together today in solidarity with the people of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone as they face the largest and most deadly Ebola outbreak the world has ever seen. Ebola is raging. It kills more than 200 people a day, two thirds of them women. Despite the valiant efforts of local communities, health systems are buckling under the strain,” Ki-moon said. He also lamented the continue shutting of borders by neighbouring nations against the countries worst-hit by the EVD outbreak. Ki-moon noted that such approach only made the situation worse, isolating the countries when they need help most.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:05:42 +0000
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