Obama urges the world to do more to tackle Ebola menace
27 Sept 2014 6:27 AM IST
The leaders of the hardest-hit nations also appealed for more help, with the president of Sierra Leone calling the Ebola virus ‘worse than terrorism.’
The emergency UN session on Ebola reflected the deep concern about an outbreak that has so far killed nearly 3,000 people.
US health officials have warned that the number of infected people could explode to at least 1.4 million by mid-January, though they have also cautioned that the totals could peak well below that if efforts to control the outbreak are ramped up.
Despite the grim warnings, Obama said international aid simply is not flowing into West Africa fast enough.
‘The outbreak is such where at this point, more people will die,’ Obama said as he closed out three days of diplomacy at the annual gathering of the UN general assembly.
‘So this is not one where there should be a lot of wrangling and people waiting to see who else is doing what. Everybody has got to move fast in order for us to make a difference.’
The emergency UN session on Ebola reflected the deep concern about an outbreak that has so far killed nearly 3,000 people.
US health officials have warned that the number of infected people could explode to at least 1.4 million by mid-January, though they have also cautioned that the totals could peak well below that if efforts to control the outbreak are ramped up.
Despite the grim warnings, Obama said international aid simply is not flowing into West Africa fast enough.
‘The outbreak is such where at this point, more people will die,’ Obama said as he closed out three days of diplomacy at the annual gathering of the UN general assembly.
‘So this is not one where there should be a lot of wrangling and people waiting to see who else is doing what. Everybody has got to move fast in order for us to make a difference.’
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