{"id":67462,"date":"2014-11-22T11:05:05","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T11:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=67462"},"modified":"2014-11-22T11:05:05","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T11:05:05","slug":"can-end-ebola-2015-says-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=67462","title":{"rendered":"We can end Ebola in 2015, says Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

The deadly Ebola outbreak can be ended “by the middle of next year” if the world speeds up its response, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said.<\/p>\n

But he warned that although the rate of new cases was slowing in parts of West Africa, Mali – where six people have died – was now of deep concern.<\/p>\n

And the head of the UN Ebola mission, Anthony Banbury, said the world was “far away” from beating the virus.<\/p>\n

Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have been worst hit by the Ebola outbreak.<\/p>\n

More than 5,400 people have died in those three countries, along with a handful of others in Nigeria, Mali, Spain and the US.<\/p>\n

In a separate development, Liberian police said all the country’s beaches would be closed from 29 November until Liberia was declared free of Ebola.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the police said anyone using the beach in violation of the order would be prosecuted.<\/p>\n

Task force<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking at a meeting in Washington with officials from the World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr Ban said: “If we continue to accelerate our response, we can contain and end the outbreak by the middle of next year.”<\/p>\n

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Nearly 500 people are currently under surveillance in Mali, the authorities there say<\/div>\n

He said that so far results in the international effort to tackle Ebola remained uneven, stressing that many more health workers were needed in the worst-hit countries in West Africa.<\/p>\n

“Our end game is not near. We must get to zero cases. Ebola is not a disease where you can leave a few cases and say you’ve done enough.”<\/p>\n

Mr Ban said the situation in Mali was of particular concern.<\/p>\n

WHO chief Margaret Chan is to travel to Mali later on Saturday, and the UN has already announced a special taskforce for the country to deal with the outbreak.<\/p>\n

Mr Banbury, the head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (Unmeer), warned that “we are far, far away from ending this crisis”.<\/p>\n

“There is a long battle ahead of us,” he added.<\/p>\n

Under surveillance<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The UN’s comments came as a doctor in Mali died after treating a patient who had sparked a second Ebola wave in the country.<\/p>\n

The doctor, whose name has not been released, had worked in a clinic in the capital Bamako where an Islamic preacher from Guinea was admitted last month.<\/p>\n

Preacher Oussa Koita was initially diagnosed with a kidney problem and has since died, along with another health worker.<\/p>\n

A two-year-old girl also died from Ebola in Mali last month in a separate case, which did not lead to any further infections.<\/p>\n

Nearly 500 people are currently under surveillance in Mali, the authorities there say.<\/p>\n

Ebola is spread only through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person showing symptoms, such as fever or vomiting.<\/p>\n

People caring for the sick or handling the bodies of people infected Ebola are therefore especially vulnerable.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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