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John Kerry: World Must 'Step Up' Anti-Ebola Effort

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Wed, 2014-10-08 20:05 — mike kraft

Associated Press                                                         Oct. 8, 2010

By Mathew Lee

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry made an urgent plea Wednesday for nations to step up their response to the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, saying more money, equipment and personnel are needed now.

        

In an impassioned appeal, Kerry said progress against the disease was being made, but far too slowly, and that the world is not where it needs to be in stemming Ebola's spread....

"We need people to step up now," he said. "Now is the time for action, not words. And frankly, there is not a moment to waste in this effort."

Speaking with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Kerry added that it is essential for airlines to keep flying to West Africa and for borders to remain open to allow for the movement of assistance and medical staff.

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Text of full remarks, with charts

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/10/08/john-kerry-other-countries-need-to-do-more-to-stop-

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Thu, 2014-10-09 09:46 — mike kraft

 

Washington (AFP) - Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma assailed the global community's slow response to the Ebola epidemic Thursday as slower than the transmission of the disease through West Africa.

"This slower-than-the-virus response needs to change," he told the heads of the United Nations, World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington.

http://www.modernghana.com/news/403420/1/sierra-leone-president-criticises-global-response-.html

Thu, 2014-10-09 11:07 — mike kraft

THE GUARDIAN                                                       Oct. 9, 2014
 
World Bank President Jim Kim demands $20 billion  fund and says ‘we failed miserably’ as cases in Spain and US fuel fear of western pandemic
 
He said Wednesday that the international community had “failed miserably” in its response to the Ebola virus that has killed more than 3,800 people in west Africa and warned that the crisis now affecting Spain and the US was going to get much worse.

Amid signs yesterday that western governments were being forced to take the risks of a global pandemic more seriously, Kim said he wanted them to back a new $20bn (£12bn) global health fund that would be able to react instantly to emergencies.

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