UN puts out a stark warning that Ebola must be controlled with the next 60 days or else we will see a situation of increase growth where the UN has no plans for containment
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"The WHO advises within 60 days we must ensure 70% of infected people are in a care facility and 70% of burials are done without causing further infection," said Anthony Banbury, the UN's deputy ebola coordinator.
WHO assistant director general Bruce Aylward told a news conference the total was expected to top 9,000 by the end of this week.
He said the death rate from the current outbreak had risen to 70% from about 50%.
When asked how the situation could develop in the next two months, he warned: "We anticipate the number of cases occurring per week by that time to be somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 per week."
He urged: "We either stop ebola now or we face an entirely unprecedented situation for which we do not have a plan."
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