Experts slam WHO over Ebola response and urge reform

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Source: Al Jazeera

UN-appointed panel says World Health Organisation's response to deadly virus was inadequate and calls for rapid changes.

Experts have called for urgent changes at the World Health Organisation (WHO) after their investigations found that the agency's response to West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak was inadequate.

In the critical report, a UN-appointed panel of independent experts said the WHO was too slow in not declaring a global public health emergency until August 8, 2014, five months after the outbreak had taken hold.

The epidemic killed more than 11,000 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.


Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/experts-slam-ebola-response-urge-reform-150707180844494.html

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1. The outbreak is continuing, not as bad but cases keep popping up

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2. Patient in isolation with Ebola symptoms in New Jersey weeks after returning from West Africa

A person has been placed in isolation after displaying Ebola symptoms in New Jersey.

The patient, who has not been identified, returned from West Africa late last month, according to NJ.com.

A haz mat team was dispatched to their home in Lakewood, NJ, on Tuesday night when they called 911 vomiting with a fever and weak limbs.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3153478/Patient-isolation-Ebola-symptoms-New-Jersey-weeks-returning-West-Africa.html#ixzz3fJ0ZCcuW

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3. Looks like malaria