“If the situation continues to deteriorate, the consequences can be catastrophic,” the director-general of the World Health Organization said Friday.
An employee of the Monrovia City Corporation sprays disinfectant inside a government building in a bid to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, in the city of Monrovia, Liberia on Friday.
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The Ebola outbreak is moving faster than the efforts to control it and the consequences could be catastrophic, Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, told the presidents of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone at a meeting Friday to introduce a $100-million plan to fight the spread of the disease.
"If the situation continues to deteriorate, the consequences can be catastrophic in terms of lost lives but also severe socioeconomic disruption and a high risk of spread to other countries. As I said before, this meeting must mark a turning point in the outbreak response," Chan told the heads of state, according to a WHO transcript.
Margaret Chan, president of the World Health Organization, arrives for a conference on the Ebola virus in Conakry, Guinea.
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To date, there have 1,323 Ebola cases and 729 deaths reported.
Liberian soldiers drive through the streets of Monrovia to prevent panic as fears of the deadly Ebola virus spread in the city.
AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh
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