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[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN's Nabarro: Vigilance still needed against Ebola

 

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UN's Nabarro: Vigilance still needed against Ebola
The world's efforts against Ebola are helping, but "[u]ntil the last case of Ebola is under treatment, we have to stay on full alert," says Dr. David Nabarro of the United Nations' Ebola team. Cases are increasing in Sierra Leone, the UN announced separately, while West African leaders named Faure Gnassingbe, Togo's president, to oversee the region's Ebola efforts. The Associated Press (11/7), Reuters (11/7), BBC (11/6), Reuters (11/6)
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