Ebola: world 'failing to help' as Africa faces
'emergency'
Head of medical charity accuses West of looking after its own interests and warns that time is running out
The head of an international medical charity has accused world leaders of doing "almost zero" to help countries affected by the worst outbreak of the Ebola virus in history.
"Leaders in the West are talking about their own safety and doing things like closing airlines –and not helping anyone else," Brice de la Vigne, the operations director of Medecins Sans Frontieres told The Guardian.
He argues that containing Ebola is not a complicated task, but requires international intervention. He accused leaders of lacking the political will to take action. "Time is running against us", he warned.
Other healthcare workers have echoed De la Vigne's comments. "We are gone beyond the stage of a health crisis", said Sinead Walsh, head of Irish Aid working in Sierra Leonia's capital. "This is a humanitarian emergency now".
In other developments, the Liberian government has imposed a curfew across the country in order to try and control the spread of the Ebola virus. Health officials have also managed to locate the missing patients who were freed from a quarantine centre last week, the BBC reports.
Separately, the infected health care workers who have been treated with the experimental zMapp drug in Liberia are reportedly recovering, but it is yet unclear if their improving conditions are directly related to the drug.
Source: http://www.theweek.co.uk
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