The UN Secretary-General ban Ki-moon has postponed the scheduled visits in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Earlier, the UN argued that the arrival of ban Ki-moon must show that the fears of the virus are considered to be exaggerated.
The international community continues isolation of West African States, also contribute to this not only by governments but also by the UN. The head of the organization-General ban Ki-moon was expected to visit a number of countries in the region to visit, thereby demonstrating that the risk is not so great. But at the last moment the Secretary General, it seems, was horrified by repealing own journey. Officially aglaranna the reason is "fear disrupt the work of the governments of West African States", informs RIA Novosti.
"Greatly to strike a balance between the benefits that bring such visits, and the disorganization that the visit of the Secretary-General may make in the activities of the local UN agencies, and local governments, and without having a large amount of work," commented an official dealer of the UN Stefan Dujarric.
Meanwhile powers try to fight the spread of Ebola on their own. So, in airports many countries have already been spotted specialized scanners for detecting the virus. October 22, such a technique has earned at the airports in India. In addition, the government has already launched-the-clock hotline for Ebola and chose about 10 laboratories, where there will be tests in the case of disclosure of the disease in the country.
In the USA it increases the production of protective clothing that protects against the virus. Factories for the production of protective medical clothing hire new workers, to provide round-the-clock production, reports the New York Times. Note that, as we were informed Melbourne Herald sun, Russia became the 1 state, where he developed a vaccine against Ebola. Success was achieved by scientists in Sergiev Posad near Moscow and Novosibirsk. Just as the government of our country will contribute to combating the spread of Ebola more than 779 million rubles.
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