Ebola situation still 'extremely alarming': UN

Ebola situation still 'extremely alarming': UN

GENEVA - The Ebola situation was still "extremely alarming" despite a significant fall in new cases in west Africa, the World Health Organization warned Friday.

A health worker wearing protective equipment assists an Ebola patient at the Kenama treatment centre run by the Red Cross Society on November 15, 2014

The UN agency said the progress made so far could be rapidly undone if a funding gap remained. WHO number two Bruce Aylward said: "It's still an incredibly dangerous situation" and "extremely alarming."

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