Published on October 18, 2014 at 6:04
Washington: The World Bank has now warned that the fight to stop Ebola epidemic was being lost.
The information from the World Bank was on the basis of the request presented by UN for more money to combat the escalating infection.
As the death toll from the worlds worst-ever outbreak of the virus shot past 4,500, a reflection of hope was from Senegal, which declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization.
As per the latest report, two nurses who treated a Liberian Ebola victim at Texas Hospital are now found to have been infected by the virus.
Meanwhile, United States has proposed an “Ebola czar” to coordinate its response.
Researchers at British pharmaceuticals giant, GlaxoSmithKline said that a vaccine for the dreadful infection may not be available for commercial use until late 2016.
World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim blamed authorities for the lack of international solidarity in efforts to control the epidemic.
Following the spreading of the infectious disease, the global travel and tourism is under severe threat.
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