The
World Health Organization has declared the
"extraordinary" outbreak of Ebola in West Africa an international
public-health emergency.
On
Friday, it called for a "coordinated international response" to the
outbreak, the largest ever, which has claimed 932 lives and spread from Guinea
to Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone since it began in December.
"The
possible consequences of further international spread are particularly serious
in view of the virulence of the virus, the intensive community and health
facility transmission patterns, and the weak health systems in the currently
affected and most at-risk countries," WHO said in a statement.
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